Back in the days when the British monarchy actually ruled the known world, and excess was accepted, the pocket beagle was a very popular type of dog for the members of the British family. The pocket beagle measured 9 inches in size up to its shoulders and was well known for its small legs. There were even smaller breeds called glove beagles because they could fit into the gloves the monarchy used to carry with them. Today the American Kennel Club only recognizes 13 inch and 15 inch beagles as the size for healthy beagles. This is causing a problem for many breeders.
Pocket beagles are considered to be the results of either very bad breeding or a dog that has serious health problems. In the early 1900's the line recognized by official American and British pocket beagle breeds was declared extinct and today you cannot get a pocket beagle that is officially recognized by the widely accepted breeders' standards in the world. But yet there are many breeders that maintain they are breeding pocket beagles.
Confusion over exactly what the modern day pocket beagle really is comes up when you see that there is a breed of pocket beagle being offered by what appear to be reputable breeders called the old English pocket beagle. Many of these breeders are part of other breeding organizations and use a different standard than the main breeding organization. The criteria they are using for their old English pocket beagles include any beagle 12" in size or less. Debates rage over the validity of this breeding practice.
Breeding has a big part in all of this, as breeders are the ones that can help insure that beagle puppies are clean of any kind of health risk or any unhealthy situation. Many times a beagle marketed as a pocket beagle is a beagle, which the breeder allowed to be born with common physical ailments in beagles such as hip dysplasia and epilepsy. Be certain to ask many questions if you intend to buy a dog marketed as a pocket beagle.
The debate rages on between people that claim to be breeding and selling healthy old English pocket beagles and the people that say those breeders are only breeding sick dogs and should be stopped.
Anything is possible and maybe it is not na?ve to open up your mind to the possibility that there are healthy pocket beagles being bred in the world today.
The main dog breeding associations of the world all have very specific parameters on what a healthy beagle is in this day and age and they would argue that beagle that falls below their criteria is not only an unhealthy beagle but it would be unethical to sell such an animal.
This debate will rage on for years and as long as it rages on the pocket beagle will remain a popular breed all around the world.
Pocket beagles are considered to be the results of either very bad breeding or a dog that has serious health problems. In the early 1900's the line recognized by official American and British pocket beagle breeds was declared extinct and today you cannot get a pocket beagle that is officially recognized by the widely accepted breeders' standards in the world. But yet there are many breeders that maintain they are breeding pocket beagles.
Confusion over exactly what the modern day pocket beagle really is comes up when you see that there is a breed of pocket beagle being offered by what appear to be reputable breeders called the old English pocket beagle. Many of these breeders are part of other breeding organizations and use a different standard than the main breeding organization. The criteria they are using for their old English pocket beagles include any beagle 12" in size or less. Debates rage over the validity of this breeding practice.
Breeding has a big part in all of this, as breeders are the ones that can help insure that beagle puppies are clean of any kind of health risk or any unhealthy situation. Many times a beagle marketed as a pocket beagle is a beagle, which the breeder allowed to be born with common physical ailments in beagles such as hip dysplasia and epilepsy. Be certain to ask many questions if you intend to buy a dog marketed as a pocket beagle.
The debate rages on between people that claim to be breeding and selling healthy old English pocket beagles and the people that say those breeders are only breeding sick dogs and should be stopped.
Anything is possible and maybe it is not na?ve to open up your mind to the possibility that there are healthy pocket beagles being bred in the world today.
The main dog breeding associations of the world all have very specific parameters on what a healthy beagle is in this day and age and they would argue that beagle that falls below their criteria is not only an unhealthy beagle but it would be unethical to sell such an animal.
This debate will rage on for years and as long as it rages on the pocket beagle will remain a popular breed all around the world.
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About the author: Michelle Adams is a passionate lover of the Beagle and has a popular website where you'll discover how to have a happy, healthy and well behaved Beagle. Among other topics there, you will find out more about Beagle Dog types plus a whole lot more.
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