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A fellow beagle lover named Peggy has a unique issue with her beagle, I was wondering if the readers could help her out.

Here is her dilema:

I’ve been trying to find out why my dog hums or sings.  At night or when he doesn’t want to be played with or petted he hums.  It’s definitely not a growl, but a high pitch, to a low pitch hum, like he’s humming a song.  I assume it’s because he doesn’t want the attention.  He’s never nipped at anyone.  Just wondering if that’s a natural beagle trait?  thanks

I have never heard my Beagle ‘hum’, but maybe yours does.
My thoughts include:

Maybe its a friendly way of saying “I want my space” (beagles are usually of a very friendly nature so growling does not come as naturally as other dogs (when I annoy my dog, he will whine, but he won’t growl, at most, he will bark (almost cheekily) and then run off).

The only other thing I can offer is maybe the dog is humming, as he may be in pain or discomfort, and may want to be left alone. In this case of course medical attention should be sought.

What does anyone else think?

Last Friday night, I could hear a noise, I went out to see what my beagle was up to, to find that he was convulsing. He was foaming at the mouth, and was unconcious. Luckily, I used to work with people with intellectual disabilities, and seen many epileptic seizures. I held him for the remaining minute that he convulsed, and then sat there petting him as he lay stil for a further two minutes before coming round. My very confused and frightened beagle then ran into my room, and barked for about 20 minutes, he would not let anyone near him, warning us with barks and growls. We left him in there with the door open until he decided to approach us. The after hours vet told me that it may be a one-off, but the vet I took him to the next day said he may have juvenile epilepsy. Does anyone else reading this have a pet with epilepsy? Please tell me your experiences.

A lady named Rose contacted us about crating beagles, she wrote:

“My husband and I are wanting another beagle and we currently have a 4 1/2 month old male.  We are wondering if we should keep them in one crate when we are away or have one crate for each puppy?”

This was my reply to her:

“Hi there Rose,
I’m not really experienced in crating dogs as I do not do this myself (someone is always at home during the day to look after my dog). If it were me though, I would think that the 2 beagles would become distressed if they could not be together. As I said, if it were me, I would get a large crate for both dogs, that way they can entertain each other, have a play, and take
comfort in each others company. Hope this helps.”

I am not a ‘certified beagle expert’, just an enthusiast. I own a beagle, and am learning from him.  I realise that there is a beagle loving community out there with plenty of experience and thoughts on raising beagles. So I ask anyone who thinks they can help, to leave comments and advice for people to come across this site. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY!

Thanks.

Hey Beagle lovers,

Sorry that I haven’t posted in a while, and thans for the blog comments and the letters I have been getting through the contact link on the website. I just thought I would let you know that I have put the beagle products back up on the website. They were once there, I removed them, and now they are back again. You can find them HERE. There are over 50 beagle products available, and whats more, when you buy the products through this link, you help with the operation costs of this site. Thanks a lot, comments appreciated.

Have you ever heard of The Wandering Jew? Legend tells of a Jew who taunted Jesus on his way to his crucifixion, and then was condemned to wander the earth aimlessly until Jesus’ second coming.

This is leading somewhere believe it or not!.

Today there is a plant called Wandering Jew, and I became aware of it when I noticed my Beagle had horrible pimple-like sores on his belly accompanied with a rash. I took him to the vet and she told me that Bosco had an allergy to Wandering Jew and its variations (which is common for most dogs). Bosco needed a course of pain killers and anti-biotics and he recovered well after about a week. Wandering Jew also had the name Wandering Willie, which sounds funnier.

Anyway, if you see your beagle with a rash or sores on his tummy take him to the vet and get him checked out for contact allergies like wandering Jew. Please comment if you have had any experience with Canine contact allergies.