I've taught a Beagle the concept of "go for a walk" versus "go for a

[Redstone]

series of sniffs and yanks on the leash."

Just call me the Dog Whisperer, if you would.

(I just wish I could run. She would love to, but I can't.)

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[HopeHoops]

1. There's also the difference between a walk and taking a piss and/or dump.

I ask, "do you have business to attend to?" Both dogs understand.

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6. Well, the "bidness" happens at the halfway point of the walk, and that's

one of the great parts. She never tries to wee on anyone's yard; she's learned to hold it until we get to the woods.

What a great dog.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Redstone!

Now that's a good trick! You must really be a Dog Whisperer, or else your Beagle is really part human!

Enjoy your walk!

:hi:

[UTUSN]

3. & every step she's growling, "It's all about you It's all about you!1"

I *keed*!1

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8. Well, yeah, that's why the collar is around Her neck, not mine. There's probably

something hideously unfair about that, but at least I can refrain from running in front of cars without being attached to a leash.

Well, sometimes I can, anyway...

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[driver8]

4. We used to call walking our Basset hound the "drag and sniff".

Once those scent hounds get their noses on to something, it is all over.

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5. "Drag and Sniff." I like that. My cousin told me once: "Beagles are great dogs,

and very intelligent, but the minute they get outside their brain fall out of their noses."

She's still like that when I take her out in the morning, but in the evening when I say the Magic Word "walk," she's all business.

Gol dang, I love this dog.

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[Taverner]

7. My beagle is fine on walks, but occasionally gets distracted by this smell or another.

It's always smells. Stuff I can't see, but wonder 'did the developers bury a body there?'

[Redstone]

9. Nah, another dog walked there two weeks ago. That's how beagles are.

Redstone

[704wipes]

10. Boo won't bother me for a walk if I am barefoot

but if I start putting on my shoes, he starts acting all nutty.
Boo is a Smooth Coat Collie. The. Smartest. Dog. I. Ever. Have. Had.
I recommend a Smooth Coat Collie if you are looking for a full breed.

Check the Rescue Society.