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I have a 15 month dog that won't run with strange dogs. He will run with my other dogs and sometimes he will run with my buddy's dogs but when I hunt with someone new he wont run with them. His mother is the same way !!! Now my ? is how should I break him from this? Today after about 30 min he wouldn't run with the strange dogs I put him in the box .After they ran another rabbit he went crazy in the box I left him out it help for a while but he started it again. It's so bad sometimes he will stop running a rabbit . This dog is awesome with my dogs or by himself.

Keep putting him in the box or on the lead strap.If he won't pack up dont let him run around by himself.

BRIERMAN wrote:I have a 15 month dog that won't run with strange dogs. He will run with my other dogs and sometimes he will run with my buddy's dogs but when I hunt with someone new he wont run with them. His mother is the same way !!! Now my ? is how should I break him from this? Today after about 30 min he wouldn't run with the strange dogs I put him in the box .After they ran another rabbit he went crazy in the box I left him out it help for a while but he started it again. It's so bad sometimes he will stop running a rabbit . This dog is awesome with my dogs or by himself.

In my opinion, it is one of three things:

1- uncomfortable with strange dogs
2- uncomfortable with strange people
3- it is his bond with you {too close}

For 1- Leave all “your” dogs at home, borrow strange dogs and take him out with those dogs with nobody else {humans} but you, see how he runs.

For 2- Have a total stranger to your dog, take him out with a couple more of “your dogs only” and you stay home, and see how the dog runs.

For 3- Have a stranger take your dog out with “strange dogs only” and you stay at home, see how he runs. If this is the case, you need to stop paying him so much attention. It wouldn’t hurt to keep him kenneled at a friend’s house for a while to break the bond. I know this sounds strange, and this is not common in the “hound” group, but it is very common in the “herding” group. I have seen it over the years with a few beagles that they were more occupied with keeping half their attention on hunting and the other half on the person that they have the bond with, when there are strange {people or dogs} in the woods. It’s a protection thing, and when hunting, they will go in, out, in, out, in, out etc… and this "protective nature" would explain why his mother also did it, It's in the genes. But it can be worked around.

All can be fixed in time. I know this sounds like a lot to do, but you have to find the problem before you’re able to find a solution. If he is as good as you say he is, he is worth the effort. Some people ruin great dogs by not knowing the real problem, others don’t mess with it and sell the dog, and as soon as they get rid of the dog, it becomes a “super-beagle” for a complete stranger. Good Luck, Jim

I was going to tell you what I think, but after reading Laneline's post, I would try that. I can tell in reading different posts many people guess at things and tell what they "think". Most of the time when Jim "and a few others" makes a post concerning or giving advice, I can tell he is giving it from "experience". I think you would benefit trying those things he listed, it can't hurt.

Thanks for the replys.Jim you may have hit it on the head with the dog having a bond with me.The guys I hunt with read your post and said thats it,well im going to try all three things, i'll let you know how it turns out. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALLTHE REPLYS!!!