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 * This page is a informational page on Beagles. Here, adults and children alike can learn more about this breed!**

Beagles are hound dogs, meaning they were bred to hunt by scent and have very sensitive noses. Beagles are specifically rabbit hunters. Many people today have dogs for companionship, showing, or breeding purposes and therefore their dogs don’t hunt. Still, most beagles have hunting instincts in their blood. Below are images of my six-year-old beagle, Faith. She is just a companion dog and has never hunted a day in her life. Still, she likes to follow scents and howl at small animals (including rabbits) when she sees them.



According to the [|American Kennel Club], to be a ‘true’ beagle, the dog must be one of two sizes: 13” or shorter (measured from the back to the ground, not the head to the ground) 13” to 15” ((measured from the back to the ground, not the head to the ground)



Faith is an AKC registered 13”, or shorter, Beagle! She is AKC registered because her parents were both registered and she was eligible.



The [|Continental Kennel Club] lists beagles as weighing 18 to 30 lbs. Most beagles are tri-colored (any shade and combination of brown, black, and white) however there are other fairly common color combinations such as white and black and white and tan.



Faith is 21 lbs and tri-color (mostly black). She is not CKC registered because her parents were not.


 * For more information on beagles, try one of these websites:**

[|Dog Breed Info - Beagles] [|Beagles Unlimited!] [|Wikipedia's Beagle page]


 * Here are some great books on beagles:**

[|Beagles for Dummies] by Susan McCullough [|Beagles] by Lucia Roesel-Parent [|The Beagle Handbook] by Dan Rice