We Should Ask Beagle Breeders Questions

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.
With great Beagle breeders, you should not just drive up, pluck a pup, hand over the cash and drive off. It should be a long process to assure not only a healthy pup, but for you to know what you are getting yourself in for. Perhaps the pups are not even born yet, and then they won't be ready to be weaned until they are two months old. They should have their first shots and first wormings paid for by the breeder.

Great Beagle breeders will give you an extensive health guarantee, in writing (yes - you need a contract!) about the health of the puppy they are selling. It is illegal for them to misrepresent the health of any puppy they sell. But great Beagle breeders will not stop at just health - they will also socialize the pup, let the pup know what a house and home living is like and will even start housetraining them.
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.


Michelle Adams has interviewed and written about many Beagle breeders in his/her writing career. Many people could mellow out considerably if they became Beagle breeders. There is no such thing as too much Beagle information.