What can the dog owners/lovers tell me about beagles and what they are like to own.

My sister had one, and whilst I dearly love all animals including dogs, I couldn't stand the creature. It was unbelievably stupid, with neither any personalty nor, any redeeming qualities. One day it simply went missing – the daft mutt. A while later my sister got a boarder collie which was a lovely dog and full of personalty.

boarder collie

One that stays the night, rather than going home? 😉

Beagles are great animals, if you happen to be using them for their original use. As pets, not ideal, especially as their original use means that they're made to work hard, something few owners can give them.

Damn my spelling 😀

Yep, my mate had a beagle. Land owner gave it to him as it was going to be destroyed as it didn't like chasing things (like foxes!).

Agree with Captain, he was a postie and even he couldn't take it for long enough walks.

there was a trouble one on the dog whisperer and in the end he advised weight sacks, and getting it to tow their son around on his skateboard for a couple of hours a day which knackered it out.

So all in all not ideal.

i hear its not an ideal first owner dog, they will follow their nose wherever it takes them no matter who or what calls them back, quite stubborn and independent too. This is only what I know from reading around and speaking to other dog owners.

Fantastic and interesting breed but not for the faint hearted! You'll need to live somewhere with plenty of open space and it'll need exercising at least twice a day off the lead. They are able to be trained if you get a working bred one not a show dog but they will try the patience of a saint! Best left to the Beagle packs and get yourself a collie or a springer.

we used to have one.. was a brilliant dog.

As others have said tho she was a bit of a terror…

The only ones I see are either kept on leads all the time to stop them running off or are let off the lead and run off. I wouldnt want one as a pet (nor a collie either but thats for other reasons).

My parents have a couple of Beagles – lovely dogs, full of character and both have pretty different personalities. It feels odd writing about dog personalities.

They are quite headstrong but certainly trainable and yes, they love loads of exercise. Get one young would be my advice as they seem much, much easier to train. Old dogs and all that I guess.

for exercise why not get a bike 🙄

If you go and get one, remember the pack has one brain which it time shares! Wait until your choice has the brain and pick it up. Jobs a good 'un.
If you get impatient you end up with a dumb un-trainable mutt which looks very cute. I was beating young women off with a stick on dog walks 😀

Oh yeah, be prepared to talk to a lot of people when you take a beagle for a walk.