Numero Uno Breaks The Beagle Barrier

[lafinfil]

Hound breeds in general can a challenge (said the keeper of a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Dazey)

They are cute as all get out but many of them are independent, stubborn, willful .... and did I mention cute !

[kap]

Our Freckles is 1/2 of a herding Border Collie breed! Good thing we don't have children of our own.

[decocritter]

Grew up next door to some folks that raised Beagles. One puppy, the largest, we kids named him "Tank", mostly hung out at our house. We adored that dog, and he was great with little children.


Can anyone say "Howl" ?


Not a breed for everyone.

[cbelt3]

I miss my childhood dog, a Beagle named "Tornado". He loved to run and hunt. But then again I grew up in a house next to 1,000 acres of farmland, so we could run and hunt all day. He was killed following a couple riding horses- they went across the road, he followed, and got run over.

The closest I've got to him is my son's Chihuahua "Izzy", who we swear is part beagle- barrel belly and hound-dog type bark. But her tail and ears and attitude are all Chi. Still, I think I love that dog best of all the pack, and mostly for that reason.

[Racer X]

how did that yellow lab pup do? Local talent. chosen as a likely winner.

[ka jowct]

Wouldn't the dog get to stud more often? That's not a bad thing from the dog's point of view.

Offsetting the dog's gratification would be the many, many puppies produced on these blind dates and sold for ridiculous amounts of money, while wonderful, discarded dogs are being killed in overcrowded shelters.

Breeders take no responsibility for pet overpopulation.

[kap]

Wouldn't the dog get to stud more often? That's not a bad thing from the dog's point of view.
One would have to ask the dog if it's a good thing or bad, or leave it up to the dog to do it whenever nature strikes. Otherwise, it'd be the Michael Vick's method of breeding.

[quote ka jowct]Offsetting the dog's gratification would be the many, many puppies produced on these blind dates and sold for ridiculous amounts of money, while wonderful, discarded dogs are being killed in overcrowded shelters.

Breeders take no responsibility for pet overpopulation. Hey, their similarity with Hitler's master plan to have the perfect human race stops where the financial gain comes in the picture.

BTW, I am no PETA.

[ka jowct]

The movie 101 Dalmatians was great for breeders ($$$), but bad news for dogs. An awful lot of the cute little pups that the kids just had to have wound up in shelters or worse.

One has to hope that there won't be a Beagle Frenzy now. As has been pointed out, they have some tendencies that would be problematic for people whose habits or lifestyles can't accommodate that kind of dog.

[laarree]

Are there breed-demand spikes each year after each Westminster Kennel club show,
when the breed of the winner is publicized? I'm curious. I can't imagine that this dog
show has anywhere near the impact of a Disney movie as far as causing kids to whine
incessantly to their parents about wanting a particular kind of puppy.

[ka jowct]

I can't imagine that this dog show has anywhere near the impact of a Disney movie as far as causing kids to whine incessantly to their parents about wanting a particular kind of puppy.

Yeah, I'm sure you are right: it's hard to imagine that the impact will be anything like that of a Disney movie. But it could produce an increase in demand.