Beagles and Toys

how new is he to your home? Might just be an adjustment thing. Mine like toys but really more as in "MINE MINE LOOKIT ITS MINE!" Ellie will fetch but not endlessly...eventually she will tell ya to take a run and jump at yourself and lie down with her toy LOL.

My smallest likes contraband...socks, cords, that sort of thing, but she's a pup.

Being that he's a scenthound you might just need something that hold scent like a fleecy toy or scented bone/ball etc.

I'd say most hounds I have owned have preferred to sniff around, sleep, or play with another animal to playing with a toy.

rwbeagles

Mine like toys but really more as in "MINE MINE LOOKIT ITS MINE!" Ellie will fetch but not endlessly...eventually she will tell ya to take a run and jump at yourself and lie down with her toy LOL.  . . .

I'd say most hounds I have owned have preferred to sniff around, sleep, or play with another animal to playing with a toy.

My current beagle, and the others I've had experience with, have been exactly the same. 

 We have had him since June 24, 2009 so it has been almost 6 months now. It might be part of his transition period but I was wondering if there is anything we are doing wrong.

 6 months is probably to soon. Hes most likely still adjusting. No, your doing nothing wrong, some dogs are not toy dogs. My corgi will fetch a handful of times and then shes done, she much prefers human companionship.

I thinking he is still adjusting.  My beagle is super into her routine.  She gets very "weirded out" when things are not the same.  I mean, she is used to going here and there on weekends, to places she recognizes, but when we moved into our new house two years ago, she was not herself at all for about six months.

Mine used to like playing toy.  Toy was her favourite game as a pup, she had all of these stuffed ones, she would cuddle them and we would play toy daily (toy=fetch).  Once we got our other dog, this changed....he ate all her toys and she plays with him now.  She has a couple toys that I keep hidden and bring out occasionally to play toy with her, but I can't leave them out or they are wrecked.  

My beagles LOVE their toys, but only cloth or stuffed toys. They want nothing to do with rubber. Our vet has told us because they have such sensitive noses that the rubber sometimes turns them off to the toy. they love ropes too!  their favorite thing is pulling out the stuffing and playing tug of war with the remains of the animal!

Jamison loves to play with toys that squeek or make noise.

Deb W.

2LadyBeagles

Our vet has told us because they have such sensitive noses that the rubber sometimes turns them off to the toy.

probably more the opposite. The rubber does not HOLD scent the way an item made of cloth would. MOst hounds love scent laden items like socks or underwear for precisely that reasoning. Many other breed too, for that matter. Why play with something that ONLY smells like rubber or plastic...when you can play with something that smells a little bit like EVERYTHING that has ever come into contact with it?

 The other posters are correct when saying he may still be adjusting to his new home. My beagle, Lady has the most fun with an old sock that has a knot tied in it. She loves this toy. She also likes to play with an old water bottle in order to get the plastic to crinkle. Good luck.