Pixels, when someone here says tehy are going to get rid fo a dog, it means they are going to sell it as a "cull" to a pet home. Or, for a good hunting dog that just doesn't suit their particular needs, it goes to anotehr hunter. You know, one mans trash is another's treasure. I got my first Beagle (a Patch bred bitch) by a hunter who spayed her and gave her to me for free as a pet because he said she used to go off game all the time. Well, I took her hunting when I took a trip to NH in '96 and darn! Was that one helluva bunny houndFetchingPixels wrote:And that's when dogs end up in the shelter if the new owners don't like it and people like me pick up the peices. My god the way some of you people think dogs are disposable really bothers me. Beagles are in the top 5# of breeds in the shelter. My advice get her fixed.Roy Pasmore wrote:If I become unsatisfied with A dog for what ever reason. I sell it . Some times it may be my best dog but for what ever the reason I became unsatisfied it will bug me untel I let the dog go. Just my thoughts on the subject.

The world of Beagling revolves around hunters selling adult dogs to other hunters who want what someone else doesn't. We welcome all posters on this board, but keep in mind we deal with working and breeding dogs and it takes THICK skin to be involved with hounds in such a way. We have breeding programs that some of us have been attempting to "perfect" for years, and unfortunately we have to sell the ones that aren't breeding quality or don't work with our pack, ect.
I did rescue in the past, and have also had to sell hounds I've kept on that just didn't work out. I can't keep a hound that won't hunt or doesn't hunt CORRECTLY. I do ask that if you continue to post here you keep in mind that the vast majority of us are breeders who need to sell our stock on occasion because we are not satisfied with the way they affect our breeding program or pack style. Some of us have our Beagles as pets and hunting dogs, myself included. I have some pets that I purchased or rescued as pets, and even eith health or behavioral issues, I've kept them here and provided a good home for them. Breeding and working dogs do not apply to those rules. If I am terribly dissatisfied with a working hound, it has to go. I have an application for pet or hunting homes, I NOR MOST PEOPLE HERE DO NOT DUMP OUR DOGS AT SHELTERS. I sell my hounds to good homes or neuter the pet quality dogs and charge the new owner what it cost fo rme to have him snipped. Don't make assumptions, please.
FYI, we are also an anti animal rights board, so please refrain from mentioning AR beliefs here ...
