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“We have had our English Beagle for 1 year and 4 months...”

written by balloon on 27/08/2006

Good Points
Extremely loyal, intelligent, and lovable and easy to train. Quite surprisingly, they are actually very good guard dogs.

Bad Points
Although our beagle doesn't, some have a tendencies to bark, but this can be easily stamped out with good training.

General Comments
We have had our English Beagle for 1 year and 4 months and she is 1 year 7 months old. She is very playful but not rough, also very intelligent, lovable, and once again extremely loyal. It took us 3 days to train her, so she knew exactly where she should go to the toilet. She has been very easy to train, the only thing we have not been able to do is walk her off her lead, because as beagles have a hunting background, they tend to follow their noses not realising they are quickly walking into the distance.



The one thing that truly amazed us though, was the fact that although they are not bred as guard dogs, our car was once almost broke into and the only thing that stopped it from being broken into was our beagle. She jumped out of her bed which is in mine and my wife's room, after hearing noises outside our house while me and my wife lay asleep oblivious to what was happening. Our beagle sensed something was wrong as she ran down the stairs to begin barking. This obviously woke me, enabling me to investigate and stop my car from being broken into.



Our beagle is a wonderful dog and she has a very firm place in our family. We love her very much.