Get to know your
Beagle.

What is inside the Beagle

This edition combines three parts in one file. The total page count includes general content, the breed-specific section and the planner; it does not refer only to breed-specific text.

1. General foundations

A reading foundation covering home preparation, everyday care, nutrition, training and life together. These chapters are shared across the collection and provide context before the breed-specific section.

2. A section devoted to the Beagle

History, profile and breed-specific care topics organized into ten chapters. Browse the list below and read a short history excerpt to get a feel for the writing style.

3. Printable planner

Pages for your records, details, dates and memories within the same PDF. Print only the sheets you need. This is not an app, and fillable form fields are not advertised.

Your breed-specific chapters

1. Breed history and origins
2. Breed profile and characteristics
3. Health predispositions discussed in the guide
4. Feeding by life stage
5. Energy and activity
6. Temperament and life together
7. Physical care and coat
8. Care calendar
9. Observations organized by body area
10. Training and socialization

A short excerpt to begin

From the history chapter in this edition: a short reading sample.

Long before the Beagle earned a name, small pack hounds were already working the hedgerows of England. Historical records suggest that pack hounds of similar size and function to what we now call the Beagle were in use in Britain even before the Roman legions arrived in 55 B.C.; an early English authority described the type as 'the foothound of our country, indigenous to the soil.' The name itself appears to derive from the Celtic word 'beag,' meaning small — a reference to the diminutive size of the hounds the Celts used for hunting at the time, as documented by the National Beagle Club of America.

Excerpt from chapter 20 · History and origins