The origins of beagle are confused and remote. In year 350 a. C. Jenofonte already described to bloodhounds who agree in the majority of details with beagle. According to it is created were the Romans took who them to England as hunters of rabbits and once were blend with bloodhounds of the place there. Talbot Houndson is considered the ancestors of the Southern Hound, beagle, and foxhound.
Between the 1300 and the 1400 beagles reached a high degree of popularity between the British monarchs. Eduardo II and Enrique VII already had packs of Glove Beagles, calls thus by so large reduced his, fitted in a glove and Isabel I had Beagles that only 22 centimeters measured. The packs of bloodhounds were popular in almost all the great rustic properties. Towards the 1400, the Beagles already had extended by Great Britain, Italy, Greece and France thus increasing their popularity.

On the 1700, two types of bloodhounds specialized in the hunting of the rabbit existed: the Southern Hound, and the quickest North Country Beagle. Due to the great height that was undergoing the hunting of the fox the Beagles was withdrawing more and more, in favor of the Foxhounds. Luckily for the existence of the Beagle, the farmers in England, Ireland and Wales continued maintaining packs with which they left to hunt.

At the beginning of the decade of 1870, the Beagle gives the jump to the United States, where he became very popular. Norman Elmore of New Jersey and general Richard Rowet, of English Illinois concerned Beagles of excellent type and pedigree and little by little began to the idea to take to registries of the mating and litters for a greater control of the race. Until that moment, the English Beagle had been trained mainly to persecute vixens, and had been bred to reach a height of 37-42 centimeters in the cross. Reverend Phillip Honeywood raised its pack of Essex (England) harnessing its hunting abilities without concerning the appearance to him, whereas his compatriot Thomas Johnson was in charge to raise lines of Beagle that could as much hunt as to see itself attractive. In America, nevertheless the Beagle was bred with the purpose of to reduce its height. At the moment, it is not difficult to find Beagles of a height of only 25 or 30 centimeters in the cross.

Throughout this period of time, the Beagle was seen strictly as a dog of hunting, bred and being trained exclusively for it. It has not been until later when the Beagle began to become popular by its qualities like company animal. Nevertheless, in spite of it the Beagle always has been and will be very united to the hunters. The Beagle is original of the race Basset Hound. It is considered that this dog is but weak that the Basset Hound and other bloodhounds. By the little duration of its bones When these dogs suffered physical damages were rescued by dogs like San Bernardo and the English Mastín or the Neapolitan.

Origin of the name

The name that receives the race has two possible origins. On the one hand a derivation of the word is considered Celtic beag that means small, whereas by another one it is maintained perhaps that begueule that means open mouth, with reference to the uproarious outcry comes from the French word that produces in the group.

Character and qualities

Its character is, nervous, and dominant. It requires a firm education. Its face is very sweet, and its bark is easy to identify in this race. This dog is a good mascot, if it pays well-taken care of attention and education to him. If it is allowed him to do from time to time of his, it can have a very independent and dominant character. One behaves better when one stays with other dogs, preferably of his own race or dogs of hunting. It requires exercise enough. Since he is insatiable, and nervous, if it is only left can break everything what finds by house. Its energy is necessary to exhaust it with long and constant daily strolls. The care of the hair is necessary to comb once to the week. It is necessary to pay but attention with the ears, and eyes.

Physical Aspect

They are dogs with muscular aspect in the legs, and smooth and short coat. They have long ears. Their colors usually are black, brown and white of any variety. The units with white legs, brown ears abound and brown and black body. Another characteristic of the race in its coloration is the intense black around its eyes.

As of both years, this dog require constant and long cares in their feeding and strolls, since easily overweight or obesity fall in.

They generally have a form to sit down very peculiar, without leaning in the legs, but rather in the thighs and the rumps, leaving the completely extended back extremities in the ground.

The call “Beagle Elizabeth”, “Mini Beagle” or “Bag Beagle” sometimes announces for the sale, but the blood of this variety has been extinguished does very many years, and, although the UK Kennel Club (Kennel Club of the United Kingdom) initially specified a standard for the “Mini Beagle” in 1901, the variety now is not recognized by any Kennel Club. Generally, small the Beagles are the result of the bad young (undernourishment) or of diseases like dwarfism.

Personality

They are power, independent, extroverted dogs and obstinate, they do not move backwards in its persistence to follow a sign; they are able to run during hours without pausing, in a persecution. Customary to live in packs, genetically they are predisposed for the company, and, in case of not obtaining it of another dog they will look for, it in the owners. The greater danger of beagle is not to obtain the sufficient stimulation, because in that case they themselves will entertain themselves, destroying or biting things. The dog beagle has a sadness aspect that makes see but tender, is a great hunter of hares, also it is a calm dog and their barks are uproarious like those of a larger dog.

In spite of this entire beagle it is a calm dog that adapts to all type of life and surroundings, although when it is puppy is very wicked. They are neither excessively brave aggressive dog, the less at the time of persecuting a possible prey during the hunting. An outstanding characteristic over the others is its splendid appetite; beagle could  be eating good part of the day, which could bring problems of weight if it is not taken into account.

In general terms, beagles adores to play, and is happy dogs, as long as its personality is included/understood and forms of being. It is an excellent domestic dog as much in the field as in the city.

Those that live in the city usually are alert at any moment. And in case a street dog takes a walk near its house they bark very hard so that to its master advice him and it is going to frighten the street dog; if he does not hear it he himself leaves to defend the property.

Bark

Usually they bark during the hunting to warn the hunters who are on the prey. Besides the common sounds to all the dogs, barks, moaned, are characterized by a typical bark of the race, a “song” bark mixture and howl. They emit this sound generally when they detect a scent that draws its attention. The bark of beagle is strong due to its great pulmonary capacity but it does not reach a very serious tone. Frequently these dogs undergo distortions in their barks, mainly when they are young.

Training

Beagle in basic training of obedience

Like the majority of the bloodhounds presents/displays a challenge to train. This does not mean that the training is impossible, although if that can anger many experience trainers. Without doubt, the best element of motivation for the Beagle is the food.

The training difficulty is in its great sense of smell, that makes detect a scent them and begin to follow forgetting it the training session. For this reason one is due to begin to them to train in zones where too many olfactory stimuli do not exist distract that it. Once secured the looked for behavior they are due to be increasing the distractions gradually olfactory. He is advisable to know that they are very obstinate and obstinate dogs to obey orders, reason why is necessary to be very perseverant.

In summary, beagles need many doses of patience for their training, but of no way it is impossible to teach to them. Nevertheless, if what looks for is an obedient dog 100%, it is not the suitable race. If respect is had to them they are not dangerous.

He is preferable to educate it or to train it from the moment at which it arrives at your house, they are animal extremely intelligent and is good for taking advantage of that intelligence if it is wanted to obtain optimal results.