Learn about a Dog Every Day - Beagle

Learn about a dog a day, and today we'll dive into the Beagle.

I. Basic Information

• Name: Beagle
• Alias: Migru Hound, Beagle, Harehound
• Boundary: Animal kingdom
• Phylum: Chordata
• Subphylum: Vertebrata
• Class: Mammalia
• Subclass: Eumetazoa
• Order: Carnivora
• Suborder: Schizopoda
• Family: Canidae
• Subfamily: Canis lupus
• Genus: Canis lupus
• Subgenus: Philippine Gray Wolf Subspecies (Domestic Dogs)
• Distribution area: All over the world, but originated from the ancient Greek era, then spread to England and then spread to the world.

II. Physical Characteristics

• Body type: The body is strong and powerful, rectangular in shape, with well-developed bones. The shoulders are high, the back is short and straight, the forelimbs are erect and stout, and the hind limbs are muscular and moderately curved.
• Head: The skull is square with large and slightly spaced eyes that are black or dark brown. The nose is large and black, the muzzle is long, and the lips are square throughout the lip line.
• Hair: The hair is stiff and short, dense, smooth and shiny. Hair color is fawn, black, white and so on.

III. character traits

• Lively and active: the Beagle is energetic, likes sports and has a strong ability to survive outdoors.
• Smart and sensitive: fast reaction, quick action, strong observation ability, suitable for hunting, catching rabbits is particularly powerful.
• Sensitive and curious: some sensitive character, melancholy eyes but witty, calm observation of the environment and people, especially like to smell.
• Easy to domesticate: like to be close to people and can understand the simple intention, easy to domesticate, after a short period of training can be very good with the experiment.

IV. Life Habits

• Mixed diet: like to eat meat, fat, like to gnaw bones, good at tearing and cutting off food, chewing incomplete that is swallowed into the belly.
• Like to live in groups: used to non-stop movement, like barking, noisy, so the best family rearing single.

V. Health and Maintenance

• Weight control: Beagle is easy to get fat, pay attention to diet control, avoid obesity-induced diseases, such as heart disease.
• Respiratory problems: respiratory problems are common health problems in Beagles and need regular attention and prevention.
• Cleaning and maintenance: Keeping process should be timely for the dog to bathe and clean, with the appropriate pet shower gel, wash all parts of the body, and use a hair dryer to blow dry the hair. In addition, daily combing and cleaning is also necessary to effectively clean the dust and dirt on the dog's fur, but also to reduce the body odor on the dog.

VI. Training and socialization

• Action training: action training by attracting attention, giving commands, physical guidance, giving rewards and other steps.
• Habit training: suppress the dog's nature that is not adapted to city life, and carry out behavioral habit training such as following, calling back and so on.
• Socialization training: Let the dog come into contact with other people and animals to cultivate social skills and avoid being overly sensitive or attacking others.

VII. Historical Background

• The Beagle originated in the ancient Greek era and was introduced to England in about the 11th century, making it one of the oldest dog breeds in history.
• It was introduced to the United States in 1880 and began to breed in large numbers.
• In 1950, the United States strongly promoted the Beagle as an experimental dog, after which it was introduced to countries all over the world for breeding and reproduction.
• In the early 1980s, the breed was introduced to China and has been successfully bred all over the country. Now it has become the most standard dog breed in life science research work.

 

To summarize, the Beagle is a lively, cute, intelligent and sensitive dog breed, but it also needs us to invest some time and energy to take care of and train them. Hopefully this information will help you understand the Beagle better!