I know this looks like a Beagle who's not doing anything, but actually blind Willie (who recently came back to us) is about to wind himself up for a morning whirl. Most mornings now, as soon as Alayne lets him out of Kelly's Cottage, he goes off to pee and then comes back around the cottages to do a whirling happy dance. This is really quite a contrast with his usual demeanor, which is shy and timid, and he has a body posture to match — he often slinks low to the ground when he walks. But suddenly in the mornings, it's as if someone pops a champagne cork … and off he goes whirling in a circle. (The only other one who does this is blind Widget, who might have taught him how to loosen up a bit.)
Alayne tried to capture a full 360° set of photos showing the whirling dance, but the camera was struggling with the dark dog on the white snow and the flash kept going off, slowing down the shutter, so she only managed to get one frame of "the whirl":
Although still meek (he'll let a Dachshund push him away from his food bowl), we were delighted to see how much he's starting to enjoy himself. A whirling Beagle is a better Beagle!
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