The beagle was completely nuts in class tonight

[Critters2]

and there were new people there, who looked at me like I was the worst dogmom in the world. She was just out of control!! And this after she did two weeks' worth of whole rally courses OFF LEASH!!

Oh, well. If I wanted a robot, I'd get one of those Asimo things. Instead, I have a beagle.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

1. Beagles are crazy dogs. We called ours the puppy from Hell.

We could only keep him for a couple of weeks. He was nuts!!!
He ripped my 2 year old daughter's nightgown to shreds when she tried to
pick him up and he would HOWL all night long. We sold him to a nice childless
couple and got ourselves a golden retriever.

Our golden was THE GREATEST PET EVER, she just passed away last month
at the age of 16 1/2 years. Still get tears in my eyes thinking about
her. She was my 2nd daughter.
;( :cry: :cry:

[Critters2]

2. Wow. The beagle isn't THAT bad. She almost never howls,

and has earned her Canine Good Citizen certificate. And can USUALLY do rally obedience courses off leash--with few if any faults. Tonight was unusual. But she sure made an impression on the new people.

Sorry to hear about your golden. I hear good things about goldens. My first dog, a cocker (the color of a golden) lived to be 15. You never forget a dog who's been with you that long. But, after a while, you will remember her and smile quietly. It takes time, but the pain eases. Until then, though,...

:hug:

[Roon]

6. My cousin had a howling beagle

When he was a puppy, someone stole him from the back yard. A couple of days later the thieves brought him back, the howling was too much we guessed.

[Critters2]

8. LOL!!! nt

[zonkers]

11. I agree. Beagles are nuts. This is a funny thread. Never realized so many agreed.

[PRETZEL]

3. Mine was a complete nutbag also,

We got him from the SPCA who unfortunately didn't have a history on him. He was cute as all get out, but neurotic as the day is long. First day we had him he managed to get out of the house 3 different times through 3 different methods. First was through the window air conditioner, then through the bedroom window (scratched the screen out) then finally he managed to get the front door open and hang on the screen until he got a hole dug into it.

Then there was the constant pacing. Up the stairs, into the kitchen, then into the bedroom, then repeat. He destroyed his crate, peed all over the place (including our bed more than once). Finally there was the pogo stick jumping. When he wasn't doing any of the above, he was jumping up on the kitchen counter to see what he could steal. Nothing was immune.

After about a month we took him back to the SPCA. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on your perspective) he was adopted within 24 hours. I sure hope that family had better luck with him than we did.

[Critters2]

9. Wow!! The more I read about pther people's beagles,

the better I feel about mine. She's never really tried to get out of the house. My first beagle scratched his way through a wooden door, and bloodied his paws in the process, but he was trying to get to me. He had the worst separation anxiety you can imagine. Finally treated it with medication (and a strong crate).

The current beagle's only two vices are that she'll eat anything that doesn't move (and a few things that do), and she's not good on a leash--at least not at the park. She's usually amazing at obedience class--but not last night, when there were new people there.

I know she's unusual in this, though. Last night, a lady told me she's the best behaved beagle she's ever seen. On a night when I wanted to strangle her!!

So, apparently, she's comparatively well-behaved. For a beagle.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. my gf's beagle is terrible on his leash too

its quite embarrassing the number of times i have to yell at him.

[Critters2]

10. I use a nylon "choke" collar (the kind the Monks of New Skete use)

in class. On walks in public, though, we use a halti. It's just easier to control her with it. And she doesn't seem to mind. Of course, she knows it's a condition of going to the park. And she loves to go to the park!! She's calmer (though not altogether calm) with the halti.

[skygazer]

5. Well, beagles are rather nuts

Do you refer to her as "the beagle" all the time or do you use her name? I ask because my Beagle was always just "the beagle" though when I called her, I used her name. Talking about her to anyone else, she was "the beagle." I miss her terribly.

The thing with beagles is, they're thinking dogs. It's one of the things I love about them (and Boxers - I love Boxers) but it can make them harder to deal with sometimes.

And I really think you need to post a picture. x(

[undeterred]

7. I remember being in the dog park once and

this Indian guy said "Its really strange in America. When the dog behaves badly, you think the person is bad too. We don't see it that way in India". He was quite popular in the dog park.