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Energetic, possibly destructive but lots of fun?
The Kennel Club says, “the man with the lead in his hand and no dog in sight owns a Beagle”, so be warned.
It's cruel to keep them in a non smoking household.
they'll forever be scrounging your fags
edit: Bah! beaten by three seconds
A had one as well as springers and cockers, all breads that reputedly need loads of exercise and stimulation...... All of them happy being bone idle lazy because from day one I didn't walk them ten miles a day. Get them into a routine and spend time with them.
My argument has always been that hunts wouldn't use them if they were so disobedient or had bad recall. Try commanding 30 staffies perched 6ft on a horse
Annoying habit of sleeping on top of the kennel.
Are particularly fetching with a red jacket...
My mates got one - it howls.....alot
🙂 @ Northwind!
Annoying habit of sleeping on top of the kennel.
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pop larkin - MemberMy mates got one - it howls.....alot
The house must be haunted ...
It will need some serious exercise, they can run for miles anything up to 25 miles when they were hunting
My god-dog is a beagle. He's 13 now, so he likes doing very little now but will still go on a 3 - 4 mile walk each day.
Yes, they can be vocal, generally when protecting their pack, all mouth and no trousers in this case. Lovely big floppy and soft ears, still doesn't use them for their intended purpose as well as he could, but he's a sucker for a tasty treat, so obedience and training is best dealt with plenty of them.
Playful, energetic, boisterous, may have been, not overly so for years. Not great with kids, always kept them apart or watched when together.
And he does moult.
Loving and affectionate in his own way and very much so.
They have a nose that overpowers all other senses, they will follow scent to the exclusion of all else. (Ours went out by himself, they escape well too, and went under a car following his nose 🙁
He liked to eat carpet, underlay and pooh from the potty if we weren't quick enough clearing away. He was very patient dressed up by the toddler and whimpered a bit when she stuck her finger in his eye.
Liked a good "bell" if he was out playing on the park with other dogs. Phenomenally fast from a standing start managed to knock a bird out of the air that started 10m in front of him.
When you choose one make sure that it has control of the communal pack brain before you leave with it or you will struggle to impart any training or recall. Herbie as a pup is below, note the lack of any real intelligence and outrageous cuteness, he was a "pulling"dog as women could not resist him.
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Totally as Sandwich said. Ours (Willow) is a happy accident- a previously uninterested collie got it on with a little minx beagle.
The resultant cross will run all day, is now great with sheep, soon wanders if you don't keep an eye on her, loves to be in the outdoors and is pretty damn smart too. She's finally given up smoking, hates precocious American kids and I wouldn't change her for the world.
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We had one when I was a kid. Lovely temperament and stunning looking dog. BUT don't get one. They have an insatiable appetite. No that's appetites! First the amount of exercise required is enormous. 10 mile a day and they will just be warming up. If they don't get it they will run to fat. This is because they eat. Anything! They break into fridges, cupboards, dustbins, and their fabulous sense of smell identifies any possible source of edible material. Our neighbours thought they were lovely looking and got two. They have aged considerably and the kit ken is a fortress. Ours wasn't noisy but the two next door bay when bored or smell food they can't get at.
Adore them from a distance is the best option.
Ours liked rolling in smelly stuff too, shit, dead things you name it.
Hard work.
Had one for 16 years and will echo the above comments. Needed 2 hours or more of walking a day, would eat anything she thought would fit in her mouth and was an escape artist of Steve McQueen proportions.
She used to jump onto the roof of her kennel then over a 6 foot fence, having managed to get out of her collar or chew through the wood around the bracket holding the chain to her kennel. Then she discovered digging under the fence through first lawn and soil then gravel. Final kennel move to concrete with nothing near enough to eat or get through meant garden was an interesting shape.
She was well known in our village for appearing in people's houses/business when she'd either escaped from home or decided to wander off when I was walking her.
She was very selectively deaf too. Her favourite trick was to stay about 10 feet awqay from me when I was trying to get her back on her lead for 15 min or so before rushing up as if she'd only just heard me or smelt the treat I had been waving at her.
I absolutely loved her though and I cried for days when she died in her sleep at the age of 16. Only in her last year or so did she slow down and behave like a senior dog, the rest of it was like having a naughty puppy. Would never have another, my sister has 2 and they are pretty much the same. I'll stick with my springer x lab.
buy a pair of binoculars and just spend your time walking and spotting other peoples?
A beagle would be the only dog I would get, if I had to get one, and I would call it Smokey.
My god-mother had one. Based on that limited exposure I came to two conclusions: they're very much pack dogs (severe separation anxiety) and 2, they can't be trusted around small children. Sample size of one.
Personally, outside of a hunt, I can't see their appeal at all.
Our dog is a 1/2 Beagle 1/2 Cocker and pretty much has all of the traits mentioned above. She will eat anything, if we have to leave her alone in the house everything has to be out of the way - she ate a box of candles on Saturday.
She loves to chase, rabbits mainly and we have to be very careful when shes off the lead or she will bolt if she thinks she can get to them.
She is a great trail dog though, She loves to run after the bike (we trained her by trailing a rags on some fishing line behind me) and she's good company on runs, she did 14miles with me yesterday and was sat waiting with a tennis ball for a game of fetch when I got out of the shower.
Between me and the wife she gets 2.5-3hrs a day walking and running. Anything less than 2hrs and she's a pain.
Love her to bits though.
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Bloody nora seems like a vizsla would be less hard work! Not sure why I'm drawn to such dogs
Bloody nora seems like a vizsla would be less hard work
I hope so, we have our names on a waiting list for a Vizsla pup!
beagles have the stickiest, most adheisive drool known to mankind.
If you want one just waft a rabbit in my general direction and I will open the back gate.
Pros
They look good
They are friendly with children
Cons
They dig
They jump
The roll in cr4p
You are lucky if you can take them off their lead
They chew when they are bored
The anti hunt campaigners give you death stares
They steal food from table tops, worksurface, fridges and freezers
They moult three different colours of hair making it visible against any background
I exercise ours on the bike twice a week over and above her normal walks for about 10 miles at 10mph
That helps take the edge off the above
Would not trade her for the world though and the kids love her
Good luck if you get one!
We're in london for a couple of years so I'll reassess then. Sound like hard work though
They're not especially big or muscley, so you might be able to own one relatively easily. Not sure about your build, though?
But then you come home to this and the partially destroyed Oakleys don't seem too bad
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The Kennel Club says, “the man with the lead in his hand and no dog in sight owns a Beagle”, so be warned.
This plus a million...
Lazy, greedy (you'll never see a skinny beagle) and disobedient, but I've had 2 I'd get another in a flash if I could. Amazingly friendly, great with kids, loyal (unless hes stealing your dinner).
So good I tried to grow one...
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We've got one, he was three when we got him, was an ex-lab dog and had never been outside. They said he'd never be trained, but he is simply the best, love him to bits. Had him nearly eight years now. Full of character, sorted out a pair if aggressive Rhodesian Ridgebacks when they had a pop, has a large dose of small man syndrome, yet he's nothing but patient and kind with our one year old and three year old girls, even when the eldest inserted get index finger in his ass to the first knuckle a couple years back! Yes he sometimes gets a scent and is difficult to recall when he does this but he is such a great dog. You need to know how to handle a beagle, but they are such rewarding pets. Would have another in a flash!