What You Should Ask Your Beagle Breeder

Getting your next Beagle puppy (or even a dog) from a Beagle breeder is a lot more expensive than going to a pet store, but you get a lot more for your money. Not only that, you are assured that your puppy was not bred in inhumane conditions at a puppy mill. Most pet stores and online sites in America that sell and ship puppies get their puppies from these barbaric puppy mills, where dogs are treated worse than battery hens.

The advantages of going to a Beagle breeder is that your puppy is healthy, is socialized, is from a place where you can meet the parents and where you can ask all the questions you want about your prospective puppy. And, unlike a pet store or Internet puppy mill site, you will be asked just as many questions about your canine experience and Beagle information before you will be allowed to buy a puppy.
When you contact the Beagle breeder, there is vital Beagle information you need to have them answer you. First off, why should you buy a puppy from them? What is so special about their Beagle puppies that make them worth thousands (or however much they are selling for)? A good Beagle breeder is used to these questions and will answer them to your satisfaction. Any Beagle breeder who treats you with contempt or belittles you should be avoided. You also need to know if they are licensed and if their stock is AKC registered.

Don’t be swayed by all those big brown eyes looking at you. You really should write the questions down before visiting any Beagle breeder. It is all right to first contact a Beagle breeder by email or by phone. But they should not sell you a puppy right on the spot. There’s something fishy about that. For as many questions as you can think of to ask the Beagle breeder, he or she will ask you ten!
The basic things to hammer down are what things you are paying for and what the Beagle breeder covers. There should be a contract – NEVER go just on a verbal agreement. An ethical Beagle breeder will take the puppy back if your vet proves the puppy is ill. An ethical breeder will take the puppy back NO MATTER HOW OLD the dog is if you encounter a disaster and have to give the dog up.

An ethical breeder will also let you visit, pet and play with the parents, so you know what personalities they are. Always visit the actual breeder’s kennel before agreeing to a pup. No ethical breeder will have dead dogs on the property, keep their dogs in stacked crates, or stink to high heaven. Please report these “breeders” to the authorities. An ethical Beagle breeder will check your home and background out to see if you are good enough for one of their puppies.

Many people could mellow out considerably if they became Beagle breeders. There is no such thing as too much Beagle information.