We raised Beagles years ago and field trialed some. We had a Lab for years and she was wonderful. We didn't want another Lab, so we got a mutt. The UPS guy wiped him him out about Christmas and we decided to go with a Beagle. I had forgotten what happy little dogs they were. He was pretty stressed for the first week or so when we wouldn't let him in the house and the coyotes were howling all around. But now he's after the rabbits, turkeys, doesn't do snakes, or skunks, thank goodness, and barks back at the coyotes. We had to work with him and the cows. They scared him at first, so he barked. That wasn't good, of course. He's dug several holes in the yard since it started warming up. I've fixed a place in the shady flowerbed and keep it wet. Maybe I can get him trained to go there and cool off. You think :?: :lol: