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need help with Beagle

  • 06-08-2010 9:53pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭


    Hi
    I am wondering about the different types of Beagle and what the differences are . I would want one with a big head with short legs , what type would this be ?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭KaiserMc


    Ah!! thats a 'typeyoulike' beagle.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭bumble1


    someone else said maybe a north country beagle


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    A beagle is the breed, not sure about other types, I think a foot beagle is the shorter stockier type, bred for hunting.
    Google Foot Beagle and see if thats what you're thinking of.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭bumble1


    foot beagles seem to be the most popular at the moment , i guess the best thing to do is look at the parents


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,973 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Yeah I think you mean a foot beagle, they are a strain developed for hunting to follow foxes into cover, they were just developed by breeding the smallest animals.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭round tower huntsman


    go for a beagle from ikc show stock they'll have the look you want and will settle better as pets. beagles from working stock are basiclly small foxhounds and need lots of stimulation/hunting and can be deaf when on a scent,no road sense when on scent and can be little destructive in the garden.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭Knine


    go for a beagle from ikc show stock they'll have the look you want and will settle better as pets. beagles from working stock are basiclly small foxhounds and need lots of stimulation/hunting and can be deaf when on a scent,no road sense when on scent and can be little destructive in the garden.

    I totally agree with the above

    The types you have are

    IKC Show Beagle - These are definitely a lot calmer then the regular hunting type although still quite capable of following a scent. Very attractive and gentle dog.

    Foot Beagle- A small hunting strain of beagle, just like a small foxhound and best avoided as a pet as have very strong hunting instincts and they have a lot of variation in type/appearance

    IKC Kerry Beagle - a much larger beagle, more like a foxhound really and have a very strong hunting instinct and best not kept as pets unless they have lots and lots of exercise.

    Go to one of the IKC shows and you will get talking to reputable breeders and get to meet lots of beagles.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭round tower huntsman


    the kerry beagle's not a beagle as such but a harrier type hound, a black n tan, like the scarteen harriers. but either way they're a hunting hound not pets.
    go for an ikc show bred beagle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭Knine


    the kerry beagle's not a beagle as such but a harrier type hound, a black n tan, like the scarteen harriers. but either way they're a hunting hound not pets.
    go for an ikc show bred beagle.

    That is right but I have seen people buy them as pet beagles and it didnt work out too well. For a couple of years they were actully popular in the show ring, I havent seen any being shown lately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭round tower huntsman


    thank god they're not shown any more..too many breeds been ruined by the show ring and its addictive rossettes:mad::mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,763 ✭✭✭Knine


    I think it was the late 90's when I seen them and they became very popular for a while but people had all sorts of trouble with them when they kept them as pets and they had no job for them to do. They were actully a lovely looking dog with no exagerations that is often seen in some of the hound breeds today


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭round tower huntsman


    hounds are for the hills,fields,bogs and woods not the show ring...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 804 ✭✭✭round tower huntsman


    hounds:D


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