BEAGLES are such fun dogs to work with - as long as you've got food in your pocket, they're more than happy to "work", whilst happily wagging their little white-tipped tail.
Which, by the way, is an integral part of breed standards, and why? Traditionally, the white tip serves as a locator beacon for the hunter: In periods of silently sniffing, seeking out rabbit trails, the Beagle is very difficult to spot. Thankfully, their tails are held up high whilst in hunting mode, and thanks to their bright white tipps, can be seen wagging above the vegetation from a distance.
Once the hunting Beagle has found a fresh trail, however, it's impossible to not know their whereabouts, as their shrill, eardrum-piercing baying-sounds will echo through entire valleys. Ask me how I know! We live right at the edge of a hunting zones, and can clearly distinguish the bays of the local hunting Beagles from the frantic screeches of the smaller Podengos.
Both vocalizations are unnervingly shrill and loud, by the way, but for the hunter running those packs, they are extremely useful as they tell him the route his hounds are taking in pursuit of the unfortunate game animal. Hares, for instance, allegedly circle back to where they were stirred up from by the hounds, so then, the hunter can gage the distance of his dogs, and the hare ahead of them, and position himself in a strategic position for taking the shot.
Personally, I'm not pro hunting or pro slaughtering animals for human consumption, by the way, just to make that clear. I'm vegan out of conviction that we have no business preying on animals, given that we as a species are more than capable of thriving on a plant-based diet. Which is also much healthier, and I encourage everyone to do their research to confirm this.
