Your Complete Beagle Dog Breed Information Guide
When attempting to teach your Beagle new tricks, keep in mind that dogs tend to be right- or left-handed, just like us humans. What this means is that your dog will find some tricks to be easier for him to perform on one side versus the other. By paying attention and observing how your Beagle [...]
Tapeworms are not transmitted from Beagle to Beagle, as they require secondary hosts. A variety of species use rodents, deer, ground birds, or fleas for their secondary hosts. In order to be infected a Beagle must eat part of the carcass of one of these hosts. A heavily infested dog will have a dry coat [...]
Your Beagle may compulsively begin to lick and chew at an easily accessible extremity, such as his lower leg, toe, or wrist. A Granuloma is the pink, rounded, and fleshy tissue mass growing within such an abrasion. These lick lesions may be started by anything that irritates and attracts the Beagle to a certain area [...]
Ancylostoma, or the Canine Hookworm, is a serious internal parasite that thrives in the south. The egg of this microscopic worm passes in the stool of an infested dog, hatches on the soil, and is capable of penetrating a dog’s skin. It will then migrate in the tissues and end up in the small intestine, [...]
Shock is a complex multisymptom condition that is difficult to define, evaluate, and treat. One must always be on the alert for it whenever an emergency arises. Beagles in shock don’t always look the same. They may be either alert or unconscious, cold or feverish, depressed or anxious. The common signs of shock include a [...]
Chondrodystrophy or dwarfism is a hereditary disease which is seen in several unrelated breeds, including the Alaskan Malamute and the Beagle. In simple terms, the disease involves a growth defect in the long bones of the Beagles legs which leaves him with a stunted appearance. Usually by three or four weeks of age the signs [...]
Anytime you wish to restrain your Beagle, then this would be when the Whoa command would be put to use. An example scenario would be if say your Beagle is pulling on his leash hard. What you would then want to do in this situation, is in a calm voice tell him, “George (insert your [...]
Tick paralysis, a reversible paralysis of a Beagles’ motor function, is associated with the infestation of ticks. Within their saliva the ticks secrete a toxin which sort of mimics the toxin of botulism in how it prevents the release of ACh (acetylcholine), a messenger molecule responsible for the transmission of a nerve impulse across the [...]
