Keeping beagles in the dog lot
I've had beagle dogs all my life and i got a couple of girl dogs that are like magicians about getting out of their lot and hunting rabbits. They usually come back after a couple of hours when they get tired and i fix their latest escape hole. I have a young boy dog that is learning their bad habits and he gets out with them as i speak. They're not city dogs and don't like being in the house to mess up ther natural born instincts to want to chase rabbits.
We take them out every so often to keep the young boy dog trained if the weather not too hot.
Any good suggestions to keep them from getting out? I could build a barn with all the tin and cement blocks i've used to keep them in the dog lot.. Will cayenne pepper sprinkled around outside fence weak places help deter these escape artists??
Beagle escape artist solutions?
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Originally Posted by
karen
cayenne will not deter a beagle on a scent - probably won't even slow it down! Are they all "fixed?" they are notorious diggers, i am afraid no ordinary fence will be sufficient for long! Being in the house will in no way mess up their natural instincts to chase bunnies, trust me! Even city beagles who have never met a wild rabbit in their lives will take off after one, given the first opportunity!
my two older dogs came in about daylight, but my younger boy beagle is still missing.. No i don't believe they're fixed when i got them from another man 3 years ago, but tried mating them a few times and no pups. They just love rabbit hunting bad and like to go when they're ready. Hope i can find my young boy dog today and if i do i will put him in another pen so he won't be learning their bad habits..