| Your beautiful beagle may not write fantastic stories | | | | minded and focused. Their extreme sense of smell |
| and be the prudent companion of one of the world's | | | | makes it difficult to pull them away once they have |
| most famous cartoons, but he or she is sure to be the | | | | caught a particular scent that interests them. Although |
| apple of your eye. The beagle type dog has been | | | | they are highly intelligent, they are easily distracted by |
| around for nearly 2,000 years, but only as a breed of | | | | all the smells around them. For this reason, you will |
| their own since about the 1830's. They were created | | | | seldom see the beagle in obedience competitions; in |
| from selective breeding of many different scent hound | | | | fact, they are ranked lowest degree of working |
| breeds including the Talbot Hound, Southern Hound and | | | | obedience and intelligence. |
| North Country Beagle. This small to medium size animal | | | | Pack Animals |
| is smart, even tempered and not given to inherited | | | | Genetically all dogs are descendents of the wolf, |
| diseases, which makes them the perfect pet and | | | | which makes them predisposed to a pack mentality. |
| unfortunately subject for animal testing. | | | | However, most dogs over the years have adapted to |
| Beagle puppies have to be one of the cutest canines | | | | the single living style associated with being pets. |
| on the planet! Long soft ears frame a warm loving | | | | Beagles, on the other hand have been long used as a |
| face that is primed and ready to show you affection | | | | pack dog for hunting and therefore prone to |
| at the drop of a hat. Being from the scent hound, | | | | separation anxiety. You will need to be patient and |
| these animals are natural investigators and can sniff | | | | understanding with them. |
| out a mouse in an acre field in less than a minute, and | | | | Exercising Your Beagle |
| this is a proven fact! All of these features of this | | | | As mentioned above the beagle has been trained to |
| compact dog make them a number one choice of | | | | hunt for long periods of time. They have extreme |
| families, hunters and even law enforcement. | | | | amounts of energy that need some form of exercise |
| If you have immediately fallen in love with the great | | | | daily if possible. This does not mean you have to run |
| beagle, you are probably in need of some puppy | | | | them to exhaustion however; it would be a good idea |
| training advice. Young beagle puppies are full of | | | | to take them for a walk or play Frisbee in the park on |
| boundless energy and innate curiosity, which combines | | | | occasion. This also helps to ward of extreme weight |
| for unique training issues. | | | | gain to which the breed is prone. |
| Training Issues:- | | | | Conclusion |
| | | | Beagles are soft, loving and entertaining breed that will |
| Determination | | | | provide gentle companionship for you and your family |
| You see the beagle has been trained for hunting and in | | | | for many years. Understanding the breeds inherit traits |
| particularly the long chase; this means your beagle | | | | will give you a leg up on puppy training and make for a |
| puppy training will be faced with an animal that is single | | | | happy contented home for all concerned. |