When one is under stress, what are the two best remedies in the whole wide world?

Beagle ears and chocolate!
I have to give the Broadcasting Legend™ credit. He’s the one who, when asked to “pick up a box of brownie mix,” selected the industrial-size triple-chocolate Ghirardelli bake-for-the-whole-town carton pictured. (It actually contains six normal-sized brownie mixes.)
I hasten to assure everyone that no beagle was actually given anything chocolate to eat in the course of this picture-taking session. A few perfectly healthy Innova kibbles sufficed to get their attention. And the outtakes are hilarious. I do have to share one:

While I was taking pictures of Cressie, poor Boo was on the sidelines, begging his little heart out. Awwwww! (He got some kibbles too.)




Now there’s a man who understands the importance of chocolate–industrial brownie mix. It’s good to alternate, a bite of brownie, a nibble of beagle ear, a bite of brownie…
Awwww!!!! Too cute!! The beagles, not the brownie mix. That is one studly brownie mix!