I totally forgot about this.

Last Wednesday night I came home from having dinner with my son and daughter-in-law to be. It was dark and as I pulled into my driveway I saw a Beagle trotting off.

I called him and he came to me but was cowering a bit.

My neighbor Tom used to breed Beagles but hasn't had any for about a year. I thought maybe he had gotten one over the holidays so called him right away but he said no, it was not theirs.

Then I noticed the little fellow had tags on. I will a little nervous to check his tags because of the way he cowered but I did check them and found his owner's phone number. I called the phone number and it turned out they only live about 1/4 mile from my house.

The guy came to get the dog and when the dog saw the truck he cowered more. I told the owner I was concerned about this and he said the dog knew he was in trouble.

He said he was glad I called because now his two little kids would be able to sleep knowing the dog was home.

The Beagle was very dear and looked well cared for but I had mixed feelings about the whole thing.

I have never had a dog that would cower like that. Any thoughts?