DumDog
Posted : 12/3/2007 12:31:49 PM
where did you get your beagle? you said you have papers but what sort of breeder was it?
they're not all created equal... some are leggier than others, some have different shaped heads... some are taller, stockier, etc and so on...
if you got a working line of beagle then that breeder wont care as much about the standard of the dog.. same is true if you bought from a breeder selling puppies with an ad in the paper.
your pup looks more like a harrier to me
because she isnt as blocky in the head as most beagles... but again it depends on that breeder. i've seen many beagles in the backs of pick up trucks, bred JUST to trail deer, never setting foot in a show ring, not a one of them with papers... some looked the standard and some didnt. the hunters i know dont give a rip about papers.
Here's a Foxhound by the way
i doubt the switched dog breeds on you. its PROBABLY a beagle.. but not one that has been bred to standard.. again it depends on the breeder and his/her ethics. there could very well be some other hound mixed in there. did you get to meet the parents of this puppy?