The American Beagler Forum

RiverBottom, I think this is a good discussion and yes, it's true, a little controversy never hurts!

Yea Charles, hook, line and sinker! :oops: :lol: If we are talking complete outcrossing here than yea, it's a crapshoot. We can argue until we're blue in the face on whether patch dogs still exist or not-that's not the point. My point was that there are still MANY people out there that breed consist...

Excellent post Huntsman, I agree completely. Hi Tim. You brought up several very good points. I think your last paragragh answered the question in your first paragraph. Excellent advise. Trouble is, I think you could count on one hand the number of beagle breeders following that advise in this count...

Glad to hear Sammy is doing a nice job for you Done Gone.

Joeyman, that was a pretty good story, I'm sure some yuppie turned you in.

Those are some great looking pups-good luck with them!

Great looking pups-love their markings!

She is beautiful, congratulations!!

Awesome!

Patch, the "black blanket dog" reference by Randal is an instance where Randal himself admits that breeding for color should not be a priority; so I'm not sure what your point is. I think that WAS his point. People (in this post) thought that too much emphasis in patches were put on color. I earlie...

It was sent out on Sporting Dog Alliance's e-mail listserve. Pretty scary stuff, I urge those who haven't already to visit their website and join the Sporting Dog Alliance.

I agree with Duke. We head up to the U.P. once or twice a year to run hare and our dogs usually take a few runs to adjust when they come back and run the Ohio cottontail. It's usually quite entertaining on the 1st run back here because they take off on a rabbit and overrun it like crazy until they s...

To me Patch would be Willet Randall's creation and his alone. HIS decesions,HIS insights,HIS intimate knowledge of the two dogs being crossed,HIS assessment of running styles,HIS meshing of compatible traits,HIS culling of weaknesses,etc Yes, I definitley see what you're saying. This can also be sa...

870, In my opinion that kennel looks pretty shady. Their pups are WAY overpriced and many are downright strange looking. :shock: I think you could find better quality and cheaper pups elsewhere. You may have to drive to find the right pup, but that's better than getting one close by that ends up hav...

Nice website!

you answered your own post people try and follow willets breeding practice but you dont know if the hounds you like willet would have liked or would have breed and if you think willet would have like all the hound breed today with his name connected to it i will say i will have to disagree with you...