Standard of Beagle breed - official version

Beagle is friendly, lively and tolerant dog. He just loves games and movement. He conform to life in a panel building as well as to work in a wood as a helper of a hunter. Since a beagle is a pack dog originally, he holds very strong orientation to a social hierarchy. He join to a family without problems, he agree together with other dogs and don´t provokes needless conflicts. For beagle is typical excogitation of pranks and he expects favourable reaction on them. Is not sporadic when we mar one prank, beagle makes ready another immediately. He is just trying our patience and testing till he can go over. This can demand from owner considerable self-control and patiens from time to time.

Beagle is very smart and intelligent dog and he interests in everything new. Therefore he learns willingly and quickly. I have to warn that beagle (with regard to his hunting past) is independent dog and may become he will prefer tracking before your command. Therefore is necessary to learn your puppy command "come here" directly when you bring him home.

I definitely don´t advise a training drill and already not a using force. There is very suitable to use beagle´s willingness to games and his apetit too - you´ll see he will do everything for a piece of biscuit and moreover with pleasure. You must ignore his sorrowfull look and be uncompromising at training. Then you are going to have an obedient beagle with well-balanced and self-confident character.

I would like to say yet, that beagle is not useful like a guard-dog because of his friendly character. Slightest view of aggression against people is absolutely abnormal and unadvisable for him.

I hope, I put you near this gorgeous, snuggling and lively breed at least. I wish you good luck, pleasure and merry experiences with your beagle. Certainly he deserve our attention.

Beagle is oldest hunting-dog breed and belongs to smallest boodle hounds. Name "beagle" is deduced from a word "small" (celtic "beag", oldenglish "begle", oldfrench "beigh"). There are notations in books about so-called dwarfish beagles, which hunters have been carrying haversacks on horses.

In England was beagle used from 15th century for small animals hunting, hares and rabbits above all. Large packs of beagles were very popular among aristocracy for beagle´s technique of work at courses. Hunts were characteristic of their slowness as well as loud course of animals

In our country is beagle favourite above all like company and family dog suitable for children. He is using for a drug-detection for his good nose. On Australia borders have customs-officers very good experiences with this breed. Further a beagle is using in hunting for battues of wild boar, he is very talented for tracking hoofed or predatory animals. He is unfortunately shaded by another hunting breeds in my opinion because of "fable" about his character. I introduced you with a beagle character at the beginning and that one who will be patience with a training will be satisfied with its dog certainly.