My son has a 2 year old and in spite of going to training they dare not let him off the lead. He's escaped several times, trashes the garden on a regular basis, his nose is permanently fixed to the floor if he's outside or on the kitchen worktop if he's in. Anyone would think he is starved. If the daughter in law drains a tin of tuna down the sink he will run outside to catch the juice from the drain spout. She now just saves it to put on his tea.
Never mind...it's just a phase he's going through. By the time he is old enough to go to school he'll have got over it
Met two ladies the other day with two Beagles (Mother and Son combo)Mum lived with one lady Son with the other...The ladies too were related(Mum and daughter)
Got talking to them...Wont bore you with the long list of negatives they came out with regarding their dogs behaviour problems....But saw enough to disturb me while I spoke with them....
While chatting I noticed blood on the neck of the pup(about 2 yrs old)And pointed this out to the ladies...Very concerned they immediately examined the dog and found no wound....But told me a short time earlier the two of them had a spat over a "Pigs Ear" chew the mother had been carrying and the mum had gone for the pup!!!
Apparently the pup was the only one to survive from the litter....Had to be delivered by C section and was removed to be hand reared as mum wanted nothing to do with it....
Perfectly affable loveable dogs when separate...But fought all the time over various issues when together!!! which from time to time was needed when one came to stay with the other!!
Both ladies mentioned the strong self willed nature of both dogs individually and when together....
Also mentioned the strong hunting by smell traits they displayed whereby they had had several "Disapperances" while out walking lasting from a few minutes to several hours off following a scent!!!!
Saw enough...And heard enough in an admittedly short time to convince me that Beagles where perhaps not for me.....
Jelboy.
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my best friend had a beagle and it was a nightmare. even the trainer they went to gave up with it.
nothing was safe and everything had to be placed out of its way as its would chew anything it could get.
My youngest daughter has an 8mth old Beagle Girl, shes being crate trained to stop her wrecking the house as she can be very distructive scratching at carpets and chewing just about everything in her path given half a chance. Shes lucky enough to have a fairly large garden to play in, but her favourite passtime is digging, and she can tunnel a fairly deep hole within a few mins. Shes a lovely family pet with our young grandchildren, and is very gentile with them, but along with other beagles she does suffer with separation anxiety, and will bark and cry if shes left in the house alone if they have to go out for a few hours. Shes also prone to drenching you with exitement litterally as she has poor bladder control if you pick her up for a fuss. Shes not as easy as their previous dog Charlie, a labrador was to train as a puppy, but they do let her off lead for a run up in our fields, and she is fairly good at coming back when called.
She has more of a fear of being separated from them than she has a desire to escape and run away.
Julia
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Oh dear it looks like you might need to look at a different breed, too many horror stories about trashing and escaping and having to be kept on a lead.
I'd always heard that Beagles were hard going. Lovely and affectionate, but mental.
I think it depends on your experience as a dog owner and how much time you can devote to a dog. It sounds to me that a Beagle will need a lot of dedicated time and you will need to seriously "Beagle-proof" your house!
I will freely admit to not realising just how much work a puppy can be.
We've had a beagle for 7 years now and added a cockerpoo to the mix about a year ago. It wasn't until going through the puppy stage again after such a long gap that we realised just how hard the beagle was as a young dog.
Bentley (the beagle) is a wonderful dog to have around and his behaviour is more cat like than anything, he sleeps lots and lots and makes a fuss when you come home but generally entertains himself most of the day. When we're out he's brilliant and doesn't trash anything, although he used to destroy anything in his path as a pup. He chewed through several pairs of shoes, lots and lots of charging cables for various devices, waste paper bins, the carpet on the bottom stair, anything he could get hold of other than his toys basically .
When we're out he is great on the lead but doesn't come off any more, he was attacked by another dog and since then we've had great difficulties getting him to socialise with other dogs. His recall is terrible and he has a really short concentration span so training has always been a difficult task. We used to allow him off leash with other dogs that we knew had excellent recall skills because we knew that he would come running back with the other dogs. Sadly this isn't the case any more because since he was attacked he has a habit of running home if he sees a dog he doesn't like the look of and he has crossed a fairly busy road a couple of times.
His nature if wonderful though, he is so loving and calm, absolutely fantastic around young children. He'll happily be stroked by anyone and everyone when he's out. He's not particularly playful though, he's happy to just sit next to you rather than run around chasing balls.
We call him our grumpy old man, he's very stubborn at times and every now and again it's easier to just leave him alone rather than fuss to get him to do something. He is food obsessed and if he manages to pinch some food from the kitchen that he knows he shouldn't have it's nigh on impossible to get it off him. However, if you give him a pigs ear or a treat and then ask him for it back he'll happily give it to you.
Every dog breed has some quirk that makes owning them interesting but at the end of the day you love them all the same!
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Topic: Beagle experience anyone?
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