The Beagle thread: For all the beagle lovers

I hope all you beagle owners will post stories and pictures of your dogs on here as well. Love to see those Beagles and Beagle mixes.


Hello! Some of you know me and my Beagle, Annie. I wanted to start a thread to update as she progresses through her pregnancy. See post   http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=479988  which explains more about our decision to breed her, and what has happened up till now. Also we are working on a new diet for Annie, as the vet advised perhaps making our own dog food, or supplementing her dry with thing such as eggs, grease etc. , we considered going with the raw diet, but changed our mind, as she refuses raw foods. Will not even eat a cut up piece of chicken or even steak, offered her a whole chicken hindquarter 6 to 7 times Sunday and she refused to eat it. Yesterday morning I threw it in the microwave for 2 minutes, it was still "raw" inside,  but warm and "cooked" on the outside. She ate it in a few minutes, again today I did the same, it took her a bit longer, but she did eat it. So our plan at the moment is the Iams mini chunks dry available at all times, and alternating days, either a hindquarter of chicken or egg mixed with a half a cup of dog food.   We will be closely motoring her weight and will adjust accordingly.  I plan to post a weight and stomach measurement every week as well as a picture of her. 

Here are some Beagle pictures to get us started!

"My" first beagles Mighty on the right and Brady on the left, though Mighty was actually my roommates dog.


Annie on her first night home- 8 weeks old


12 weeks old


1 year old


Last October


2 years old with our Black Lab Apollo


Three days ago-


Brutus (My father in laws dog, the father to Annie's puppies)
2 years old with my mother in law's dog Maxi


3 years old  ( 2 days ago)



I look forward to reading about and seeing pictures of all your beagles!

Those dogs are adorable,
      ScissorChick your dog looks a lot like my beagle/ terrier/ whippet (Buster Brown) I had growing up. He was an awesome dog and you could teach him anything except not to run away! He was an escape artist and when he got loose we would spend hours trying to catch him again.
      herefordlovinglady  I love the beagle basset crosses, Bagles are so cute! They seem to get the best of both breeds on looks. Does she run away like a beagle when they get loose?


Over the night Annie ate her half cup of Iams dog food,  although I had her out at 1:30am, and got up to let her out at 8:30 this morning, she had peed on the floor.  This is unusual, she will occasionally have an accident, like maybe once a night, but usually she barks to let us know she wants out, I wonder though if because the weather turned cold, she didn't do her business when she went out last night, and wasn't wanting to have to go out to do it either.  For breakfast she had a chicken leg, I am slowly warming it less and less. Today it was 30 seconds, just enough to get the skin warm but the meat and bone underneath was cold and raw, she nibbled at it for a while then ate it.

I will be doing weight and stomach measurements every Sunday. Starting on the 17th. I hope to take a picture of her in the same spot ever week too.  9 weeks is such a long time to wait! I can't imagine how people make it 9 months!

Keep the pictures and stories coming! Love seeing and hearing about those beagles