The one thing that surprised Archie about the Remington family through the generations was just how varied the personalities of people from the same bloodline could be.

Donned with the name Archibald Remington in the late 1700s, the foxhound had seen many a Remington throughout the courses of their lives. Today, in the year 2025, comfortably homed with the latest family in the Remington clan in the suburbs of Massachusetts, Archie couldn't help but take a trip down memory lane.

Nathaniel and Elenora Remington first acquired Archie when he was just a pup, one of their very first purchases upon their arrival in the American colonies. He served as the family's loyal companion through the whirlwind of changes at the beginning of their American tenure - the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Revolution, and the birth of their own five children, to name a few. He was a steadfast part of their lives, as Nathaniel and Elenora raised Percival, Estelle, Thaddeus, Cassius, and Beatrix in the dawn of a new nation. He was there as Nathaniel and Elenora each took their last breaths, transitioning from this world to the next.

Thaddeus and his wife Isadora took over the care of Archie next, as their lives played on in the United States of America. Thaddeus took on the role as the carpenter of the county, as he father did before him. And yet again, Archie was witness to the next generation of Remingtons entering the world. Thaddeus and Isadora were blessed with three children - Maximillian, Celeste, and Nathaniel, after his grandfather.

Archie's life continued on much like that for the next few hundred years. There were, of course, some rogue Remingtons, like Camille in the 1920s, who took Archie around the country with her during her travels as a Jazz musician during the prohibition. Sebastian Remington was somewhat of a punk in the late 1940s as one of the founders of Hells Angels biker gang. He portrayed Archie as his guard dog, a role Archie went along with solely out of loyalty to the family. New York in the early 1970s with Jack Remington was...well, interesting, to say the least. Honestly, the less said about that period of time, the better.

His personal (and secret) favorite Remington was Fiona, who was the sweetest soul Archie had ever come across. From the time she reached adulthood in the 1880s until Camille had to take over Archie's care in the late 1910s, Archie was loved and adored like he never had been. The novelty of travel and new people had served as Archie's much needed distraction from the sadness of leaving Fiona behind.

All of that led him to today, living with the Remingtons of far too many generations to count away from Nathaniel and Elenora. Miles and Naomi Remington currently cared for him, along with their young children, Lyla and Cooper.

One thing that Archie found to be quite delightful was that no matter how far or wide a Remington decided to travel, they always found their way back to their colonial roots. Archie loved Massachusetts, and it seemed that the Bay State had quite a hold on the Remingtons as well. No matter who he served as companion to, despite their virtues or flaws (and believe that Archie saw a myriad of both throughout the generations), he was never away from Massachusetts for more than 5 years at a time. And in the grand scheme of his life with the Remingtons, 5 years was nothing more than the blink of an eye.

From his place in his dog bed, as he finished musing over the past, Archie couldn't help but turn his sights toward the future and wonder which Remington he'd end up with next. Maybe Lyla or Cooper would take over after their parents. Cousin Elliot was a Remington Archie wouldn't mind ending up with. Aunt Valerie's branch of Remingtons was a solid option, too. Felix and Mia weren't ideal, but Archie would survive; he lived through far worse Remingtons than them.

No matter where the journeys of the Remington family took him next, though, Archie remained sure of his status of the most loved foxhound who ever lived.