The Real Problem with the quality/philosophy of Beagles

[Dave Swiger]

Norshore...I agree 100% with your numbers. I think the reason for the low numbers are not a high percentage of dogs gets the chance to reach their full potential. to many dogs only get off the chain during season.

Dave

[Kenny VanHoose]

I am 51 years old, got my 1st Beagle in 1967. I got it to run rabbits and nothing else.NEVER did like a dog to open before the rabbit was up (not to say that I havn't owned some) to me thats a fault. Today people call that a big nose, used to be called cold trailing. I didnt attend my 1st trial till 1990 so trialing has had nothing to do with the kind of dog I like. The first trial I entered I took what I was already running with success, soooo just cause thats the way you see things dont make it the truth, its your opinion. You can be honest and still be wrong.

[bucks better beagles]

Norshore and Dave: Your percentages are good but I got my ratings from quality checks I did on the various and many dogs I have owned. Admittedly, my theorems may have been biased but the numbers resulting from the statistics are correct. Example: if a dog growls,he can never be in the above 75 percentile no matter what else he is good at. If he rolls in s**t on a consistent basis, he cannot get the upper ratings. If he barks too much or too little, back tracks, humps other dogs, barks in the pen, or any number of other "social" conditions, he just won't make the upper echelon. That doesn't mean that he isn't a dog somebody else might like though and the price will be cheap from me.

Now with all that being referenced, that doesn't mean I have only 2 percenters out here. On the contrary, I don't have any in that category. Sold them all because they were that good. The ones I do have are pretty good based on my criteria.

[mybeagles]

Have to agree with Buck on this one.

If he rolls in s**t on a consistent basis, he cannot get the upper ratings

I have culled several dogs for "social disfunction". I will not own a consistent Sh** roller, Sh** eater, humper, tire pisser, kennel barker, growly dog. I use my Tri-tronics considerably more for the social disfunction than I do for handling or trash running. I will eventually catch them if they trash or dont want to quit, but what do you do with a dog that's rolled in something?

For those that cant appreciate a good "trash" race with a beagle you dont know what your missing. It don't get any better than a beagle on Fox/Coyote.

Before anyone tells me those things are normal for a beagle, I will tell you Ive owned plenty that didn't suffer from any of these "disorders". If you want to watch your dogs eat their own Sh**, more power too you....just sayin.

Mybeagles

[rabbitsmoker]

The whole nut in the nut shell is excuses these to hot to cold and the biggest one of all here lately NO rabbits Thats one im sorry i dont buy umless your hunting inside Wal mart If you get in the woulds and hang with it and got the dog power you will jump a rabbit sorry i have hunted all my life in some tough places went in behind people that told me i was wastein my time ther as no bunnies there and jumped rabbits Ahhh your just braggin on your dogs no in the 33 years of huntin have hunted everywhere in okla if the place has the ingreds for a rabbit ther is one ther somewhere JBH