The American Beagler Forum

Congrats to Denny finishing Flashback it has been long deserved. Keep'em coming Denny! Also would like to congratulate Brent Causey on his first win!

Load them up, Alot of hare bred hounds have long hair and most of your cottontail hounds have short hair. Most likely somewhere in this pups ped is some hare hounds from the north and they tend to have longer thicker hair. Often times this is pup hair that will eventually be less obvious however lik...

tannd,

Trying to Pm you but not working but I'm still in this tub of water I cant get out of can u help LOL! Soon as I figure this pm thing out we will talk.

Bev it would be great to start the new thread but i'm not sure how many would own up to making a profit.

tandd, your right many judges do refuse to get paid thus at that time they are considered volunteers. Those who do except pay are not volunteers. I myself very seldom do not except pay for being a judge but sometimes I do and when I do I'm a volunteer. Yes I'm one of those you mentioned that give th...

Bev remember it is Ridge View 2 words not one. Lol! Thats a joke between us. If u remember that one? If a person continues to put thousands of dollars into a hound that never makes a field champion thats silly! If I continue to enter dogs that can't place shame on me. Even a hound that places on a r...

Bev not saying a profit is a bad word. Anytime someone can make a honest profit I agree this is good business. However, it concerns me when I see people state "there isn't profit to be made in raising hounds" this is false. Done correctly a breeder can benefit from good judgement in breeding a solid...

Bev exception to the rule? Not trying to be an azz but 3,000 for campaigning can be recouped in 15 breedings and less than that if you breed your own bitches and sell the pups. Not saying at times it cant be a pain in the azz owning a stud dog and dealing with alot of crap but come on. A crappy stud...

I refused long enough to get into this debate which has been taken many different directions. I'm not going to debate the measurement issue. Volunteer: I work for a non profit agency and have many volunteers who currently I supervise. First of all judges who get paid are NOT VOLUNTEERS! I even sat o...

Congrats! Hard work pays off!

Congrats Don! How bout them Storm dogs or better yet how bout this cross which I think has produced 3 field champions!

Big dog you are correct I did misintepret your post. Most people running in little pack do favor the bigger dogs I would agree. But I do have a questions for you and the others that may think a bigger dog had advantage in an endurance event. Take a marathon for instance if you look at these guys the...

Here ya go guys read this it pretty much sums it up for ya. I could have explained it but dont have that much time. So I took the easy road. This is how I see it. Pay close attention to the last paragraph. Genetics (from Ancient Greek γενετικός genetikos, “genitive” and that from γένεσις genesis, “o...

Simple nature versus nuture. The hound must possess the genetic abilities to be great and the handler must possess the knowledge and the time to bring forth those abilities. Poor gentics equals poor hound no matter the nuturing. But all the natural ability in the world will be useless without the pr...

Big dog. I would disagree with you about a dog must be a 15inches in order to be hard hitting and strong. I run little males mainly and have been for a while now. I have seen many little males whom are strong and hit hard. Matter of fact I own a little male that hits hard and is fast. Dont get the w...