The American Beagler Forum

John=I have two females purchased from R.B. 8 week old female pups and one is out of Trapper and R.B. told me the Dam and Sire of the second one,which he said was a black and tan, but i forget,will send you a copy of the pedigree when they arrive,Anthony Johnson is to pick them up,i think,this weeke...

Alabama John--I was running the hounds just before dark last nite and the 2004 derby Indian Hills Majer male was in the pack and the chase went on for app an hour,so thick i had to stay in the clear cuts,yet the hounds were running as if in an open field and when the rabbit was pushed out of the thi...

Beagleman973==I have had and have offspring in WVA that run in the conditions you are talking about-i have a young female in Iowa at the present i will put down with anything in that area,i also have young hounds in Va that will do me proud and one is the off spring of the two females i sold Richard...

Chris-so you are calling Richard Smoker of Pa an out right lier??if not mistaken the last time YOU backed off once Richard came on and ask YOU if you were caling him a lier and you said here that you did not know him that welll,so do YOU now know him well enough to call him a lier now??The blueticks...

John-you can bet we had fun and ran a good race and it was thick,not like it is where most the time you find snowshoe hare and hare does have a stronger odor and the hounds can chase the hare more in a straight line out of hearing and back again and the snowshoe hare does not go to hole and any cons...

Chris-I have one thing to say about running hare in the great North-I sold two medium speed hounds to Richard Smoker of Pa cause they were to slow for my pack--Richard took them to run hare and on the first day these two caught 5 hare--now these being a true med speed hound and mine being much faste...

Alabama John-I am with you all the way-my hounds seldom if ever have a total lost and the checks are few and quick and this si what i have been saying for some time now and those that can't belive it can come run some hounds with me and bring your best to compare mine with yours.John i have a 2004 I...

Lot of opinions,different technics,and in most cases everyone likes their way best,huh-welllllll--- i like the dogs way best,if it is breed right it will act right,it will be friendly,not shy,want to please and prefer to run what it was breed to run first and foremost,that is why i allow mine and th...

John=Thank you.I am proud to know someone like you and to run some hounds and extremely proud you are back in action,if not fully you can type and enjoy some of the messenger boards.I have several new additions to the kennel now and some are looking very good.A little male out of FC Indian Hills Tra...

Tom--if you decide to cull the speedster i have some very fine young hounds with top breeding-females and allways looking for a good male with above average speed-some of my females are med fast and i would consider a trade and can swap pedigrees,that is,if you feel you want a more even pack of houn...

DarrinG==I think you just got hold of a couple very independent beagles and this happens sometimes,but it is all in the genetics and some even get so independent they will not hark nor run with a strange pack and prefer to run totally on their own,their way and basicly are not clicking on all cyclin...

Bev--first of all in ARHA or AKC you are not judging a pack of hounds but rather the BEST hound for that day and that cast--so why the importance on pack hounds???? if a rabbit is jumped your hound should want to be competitive and go to the sound of a hound when rabbit is jumped--hark in,so to spea...

Patch i got to agree with you on some issues and i to love derby trials and seeing the young hounds when they first start and open on a track.I will not jump a rabbit for my hounds no matter how young i start them or they are ready to start and many times this will vary from pup to pup and breeding ...

BigB--I have also judged many a trial and it is "NOT" proper in any style of competition i know of to Judge a hound the way you indicate you are Judging trials.You are to Judge the best hound on the ground for that day and that day "ONLY" if it handles or does not handle,but how it runs a rabbit,yet...

Simple and Easy==Buy your self an elk-never saw an elk that would not stomp any canine and they smell like a deer,you only need one in a pen and that way you can beat the elk off the beagle,any more and you don't want to interfer with the elk killing the canine,i have a herd,so i seldom put a beagle...