The American Beagler Forum

i hear about them buying beagles. do they run rabbits in the wild or in enclosures? do they have trials? is it popular or a new sport?

It's not new, I believe it was a full littermate to Dom's Dougie that was bought in the late '70's for big money. As far as running I don't know

I asked the same question... Found out that they run hare up in the mountains.

Years ago the Japanese came over to buy beagles. At that time, the Patches & the Pearson Creeks were two of the tops. There was a breeder on the East Coast that was offered a buy on every hound he would produce, by crossing the two families.
In some Patch pedigrees, there is a hound from a Patch, crossed on a Pearson Creek Jason, that shows up back in the 6th generations. This was what I figured to be a hound kept from the cross, that proved to be a good one...Patch

They are really into the Showing BIG TIME!!!! Buying up Champions and showin em off in the rings.

The Japanese have been holding hare trials (same as AKC Large Pack) for years now and have invested a LOT of $$$ in buying quality FCs from both the US and Canada. A son of IFC Round Pond Mr T was sold for a large sum and ended up being killed in the Kobay earthquake while in quarantine. A friend of mine turned down $10,000 for FTC Otterbrook Chopper but there were a lot of hounds purchased and incorporated into the gene pool in Japan over the last 30 years.

If the Japanese keep breeding what they like to trial and show, in a few years they will reach in their vest pocket and pull out a matchbox with holes in it and out will jump a full grown Beagle.
Miniaturize a Cottontail too and they can have a trial on the kitchen table.

John, not sure what you mean; I've seen dozens of photos of trial results and they run the same size classes as we do- 13" and 15". Their hare are actually larger than ours.

I KNOW OF SOME SHOW CHAMPIONS BEING SOLD FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS (15 TO 20 ) DEPENDS ON THE BREEDING
THEY LOVE TO SHOW BEAGLES AND ENJOY RUNNING THE FIELD DOGS

they dont hunt them they make a good stir fry

they dont run beagles there they EAT em,,lol

i lived in japan they dont hunt anything in the country but they love there dogs there and in fuji they ran rabbits and show there dogs alot and guys a purebreed beagle there in in the thousands

I see alot of racist comments here, very disappointing, grow up gentleman!

its not racist at all its the truth sometimes the truth hurts and besides there is nothing wrong with haveing a little fun

They don't eat dogs in Japan.