The American Beagler Forum

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Most vets will not give a shot to keep a female from coming in heat unless it is for a medical reason. I do not recomend that if you are planning to breed the female at some time in the future. Wait untill your female is mentally and physically mature to breed her. second heat cycle or for some fema...

Run em solo until they are jumping and circling rabbits solo. Then put em with a slower veteran that is trash proof. Don't put too much pressure on the young dog. Let him get the job done. Once a dog is packing in well go back to soloing. Do as much of it as you can. Once or twice a week with a pack...

Let him see the deer before he runs it. Once he gets to running the track shock him off. Then immediately take him to your honey hole to run rabbits. Several rounds of this should cure the problem. Be sure he is running the deer before you shock him. Seeing the deer may help him get the idea that th...

TC, If you go to the UKC dog events board and post you will get agillity info. It would help to get info on training classes in your area. Beagles can do anything you are willing to train them to do. Good luck. Dan M

I don't think I could breed to a dog that I didn't know had the characteristics that would help my line. No matter how nice a show dog it is or no matter how great its hunting ancestry is. If you are going to breed to a show dog it had better run a rabbit or you could be hurting more than helping. S...

Frozen Bill-Jac dog food is really good for one that won't eat. Keep plenty of water available. The vet should have results fairly quick. Dan M

Keep in mind the breed standard remains nearly the same worldwide. The hunt standard changes according to the registries format. It concerns me that formats that require a great amount of speed in a 2hr hunt may tend to produce and promote physical characteristics for speed that would deviate from c...

You can correct me if I am wrong as the English standard may have changed since I last checked several years back. Here is how I believe it is in England. 15 inches or below is still the ideal height. 16 is the DISQUALIFICATION limit. A dog is faulted according to how far over 15 it is. Besides that...

Beautiful hound! I have found that silent trailing and not giving enough mouth on the scent line is a, if not the most common, fault among show lines. If she has big hunt desire, search and jump abillity, line control, etc she may be a blessing to your breeding program. Give her field time and see i...

If both form and function are not equally important in your breeding program to produce the Total dog your program will likely be hindered. Based on what I have seen bench judging in multiple registries staying strictly within hunt bloodlines would likely take longer than is feasable unless your chi...

From what you have told me about Miss Dynamite and from what I have seen from Dusty that would have been an ideal pair.

No you don't normally get them. It never hurts to ask the owner. Many of my trophies over the years have been donated back to various youth organizations, etc. The dog boxes, tracking systems, and all the other loot are so much a part of my daily routine that I could not part with them. Trophies sti...

For those who want to help develop the total dog, that is, dogs that are excellent in both conformation/structure and hunt. This may or may not be your personal agenda. The only question to ask is; Do you want to contribute to this effort? If so welcome aboard.

Those who are interested in developing the total dog should have an organization with membership extended worldwide. What do you think?? For now we can have some effect by writing articles for magazines like the American Beagler. As for the best way to get there... the end will likely justify the me...