The American Beagler Forum

For me a beagle ought to be up on legs, deep chested - not wide chested. They should be somewhat long bodied as opposed to short coupled. A short coupled dog has to run that much more. A beagle is a running hound and should have the appearance of athleticism and the physicality to run all day. Bott...

Good clip. Dogs were packed up real nice when they crossed the trail.

Good now.

Sad news. He was a real nice guy. Condolences to his family and close friends.

Look pretty good and fast there on the site chase.....must have had to slow down when they were forced to work the track.

norwester, great video. my question is how did those pups turn out? just curious. Sam, we ended up with only two that suited us. In the first video the little bitch my son carries down the driveway, Crash, and her sister Jet, the little white (open marked) pup made the grade. Here's a clip from Jan...

Wildcatfan309 wrote, Norwester Thanks for the videos thats just unbeleivable!!! Glad you enjoyed that. I think it's funny as hell watching those little sh*ts hit it like that :cool: Harechaser wrote, One thing to note about Norwester's video. Notice what you do and don't see. You do see a "little pa...

Have had some call on track as early as 7 weeks. Here's a clip of 9 week olders running their first wild snowshoe hare....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqiMseLQAA


...some of them again @ 12 weeks old...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-tWIhTR5zI

It varies. There are guys that will hunt/run in anything. Then there's the rest that make excuses for not going out, snow's too deep, too cold, too windy, too dry, too wet...etc, etc

I had been banned from the hunted hare over our discussion on small running hare and how i couldn't understand the nature of running hare because I didn't live in a north boarding State, how silly is that? but anyway, that is the only reason for that little comment to have been added and chris know...

Personally speaking..... I favour breeding for traits and characteristics first. The bloodline is an afterthought. If you're selecting all your stock from dogs that display the same traits descended from the same, why would the bloodline matter? Truth is there are all kinds of dogs being bred from t...

Nice clip.... saw the rabbit and hounds blowin thru on the line, a lot more than can be said for most videos.

John Way wrote, Norwester, Realizing you and Budd were friends, figured would throw that superior pack comment in for a little humor. Budd responded like a true gentlemen. Boy, if you only knew him.. :lol: :lol: :lol: Nothing wrong with trialing, would probably enjoy attending one to watch and b.s. ...

John, feel more than free to critique and pass judgement to your heart's desire. Everyone gets a chance to shine and/or look the fool on video ;) If I had more collars I likely would try and run more hounds. Bud knows what he's doing and runs a strong pack of hounds, you may very well be correct. No...

Norwester, As you have acknowledged before it's a percentage game. I have had some very nice hounds that I was generally satisfied with that I had to let go. If I took everything you have been working towards the last 20 years and you had to start from scratch I'm certain you would have some frustr...