The American Beagler Forum

I have a 3 year old gyp that has in the last 2 weeks developed nasty looking bumpy, scaly, scabs on her head. I thought at first it was scars from briars or something, but now it seems to be getting worse. My hunting buddy says it reminds him of dew poisoning that some horses get. Any ideas? Thanks....

Hi guys We hunted wednesday for about 3 hours and took four nice, fat, hill rabbits. We were bumping rabbits almost the entire morning while the dogs were hammering a different track. Friday, we hunted another spot and took 6 but we probably bumped 8-9 more that the dogs never ran. We did kill a dou...

Hey john I thought I was the only one that had ever heard of july hounds....you must be an ol' hillbilly like me! :lol: We have some gentlemen around our parts that still raise them, but I've never seen one smaller than about 17". Most of them look like small open spotted walker hounds. They've star...

Hi all! This morning, I was watching animal planet. They were covering a dog show in England. In the hound class they had a beagle. It was a big old thing, I would guess in the 17" range. The announcers said that was one of the main differences in the "american bred" beagle and a true english bred b...

Thanks for the advice...I will check that book out. Here's another question.... If I outcross the female again, won't that further pollute the original blood? I am assuming that the original blood (female) is the constant, but I think you're saying you think the constant is always going out for the ...

Hi all. My brother in law and I have been discussing a breeding strategy and I would like a little advice. Let me first give you a little background. My bro-in-law has been hunting the same line of grade dogs since he was 12. The line began with a female they called "little babe" which was purchased...