jfv wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 1:10 pm

boilermaker wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:55 pm With that being said, how do hunting dogs like beagles get along with other pets, like cats and birds?

I have two decades of experience with beagles now (Sprocket is our second beagle) and have had at least two birds as pets at the same time for the entire time. I have failed at training the beagles to do just about anything, but they have never bothered any of my birds. They also never went after any wild birds, either.

boilermaker wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:55 pm And if you walk them without a leash through the woods,

Not an option, because

boilermaker wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:55 pm do they go running after every wild animal?

Most of them, yes. Particularly anything else with four legs and/or fur.

Thank you very much.
Sometimes I walk the tiny Jack Russell/Shih Tzu mix doggie when I walk my brother's dog through the woods and she goes crazy every time we meet a deer. (The big boy does too, but he is on the leash). She also can't stand the cats. Even though every cat would completely destroy her if they stand up to her and wouldn't run away.
So I guess it all depends on the individual dog and how they are trained and brought up, not on the breed itself

I'm down for a NC for the same reasons as previously stated. But they are not good for city dwellers.
I grew up in the suburbs and when our family beagle got off leash she ran away and ran and ran and would not stop.

There is a beagle in an apartment near me that bellows and won't stop. I can't imagine the neighbors are all that pleased.

On the upside, they make great singers. When I was a kid, we would call my mom at her job and sing"Mommy, mommmeee" and the beagle would join in. It amused the heck out of me as an 8-year-old.

Good dogs, never owned one but never encountered one I didn’t like. Always look slightly suspicious.

NC

Well, Sprocket just murdered a young rabbit that was in our yard. Huge chunk taken out of its ass and its eye had popped out of its socket.

I live with a murderer.

My parents’ last beagle, Daisy, was a champion snake hunter. Through most of the summer months she’d manage to scare up a snake just about every day. Then, she’d stand over it and bark as it curled up into a ball.

Vibracobra wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 8:26 amNo animal would get a Crap vote from me, ever.

Well, baboons maybe.

Are you kidding me? Baboons rock.

So do these dogs.

boilermaker wrote: Fri May 19, 2023 12:55 pmMaybe you can adopt purebreds in USA, I don't know. In my country, the dogs that are in animal shelters are in 99.99% cases, mutts.

In Philly, they were largely pit bulls or pit mixes. I've seen social media posts from rural dog rescue organizations that had all sorts of bizarre critters, Great Pyrenees and other obscure pure breeds. Presumably these were released when a would-be breeder got arrested or gave up on their nasty little cottage industry.

All of this tracks. When I was little we had a beagle named Sloan. He barked and barked and barked. My uncle took him bird hunting once, and he never returned. My uncle said that he took off after a deer. I believe him now, but I suspected for a while that he may have been "lost" on purpose because he drove the neighborhood crazy with his barking.

NC

all dogs are NC but i threw in a C for dog breeding in general

Someone has to vote crap. I’m not a dog person in general but these fucking barkers just won’t shut the fuck up with all that baying.

They seem pretty sweet though.

I also hate crying babies. I’m a monster.