Back in the 1300's and 1400's the British monarchy was in full swing and there were things that they found to be very appealing to them. One favorite pet of the British monarchy back in those days was a breed of beagle known as the pocket beagle. A pocket beagle measured only 9 inches to the shoulders and back in those days it was very popular. But today the American Kennel Club only lists beagle breeds that are 13" and 15" as being the current breeds of beagles. So what happened to the pocket beagle?
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.
If the old English pocket beagles are indeed truly healthy animals then they will not be suffering from ailments such as hip dysplasia and epilepsy that normally accompany dogs that are destined to be pocket beagle size. It is na?ve to think that someone has not found a way to breed healthy pocket beagles but it never hurts to ask questions and be sure before you buy one.
For the foreseeable future it looks like there will be people arguing that they are more than capable of breeding healthy pocket beagles and then people on the other side claiming that pocket beagles are extinct and what the breeders are selling are unhealthy dogs.
But there are breeders that claim they are more than able to offer healthy modern day pocket beagles and then there are the main breeders' organizations that claim that the breed went extinct over 100 years ago. It is a very difficult discussion.
There are very specific criteria that a dog must meet when it is being classified as one breed or the other and the main breeding organizations of the world consider a dog outside their criteria to be unhealthy. Are old English pocket beagle breeders selling unhealthy dogs?
To this point there has been no major outcry to stop the breeding of modern day pocket beagles so the debate will rage on for some time to come.
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.
If the old English pocket beagles are indeed truly healthy animals then they will not be suffering from ailments such as hip dysplasia and epilepsy that normally accompany dogs that are destined to be pocket beagle size. It is na?ve to think that someone has not found a way to breed healthy pocket beagles but it never hurts to ask questions and be sure before you buy one.
For the foreseeable future it looks like there will be people arguing that they are more than capable of breeding healthy pocket beagles and then people on the other side claiming that pocket beagles are extinct and what the breeders are selling are unhealthy dogs.
But there are breeders that claim they are more than able to offer healthy modern day pocket beagles and then there are the main breeders' organizations that claim that the breed went extinct over 100 years ago. It is a very difficult discussion.
There are very specific criteria that a dog must meet when it is being classified as one breed or the other and the main breeding organizations of the world consider a dog outside their criteria to be unhealthy. Are old English pocket beagle breeders selling unhealthy dogs?
To this point there has been no major outcry to stop the breeding of modern day pocket beagles so the debate will rage on for some time to come.
About the Author:
Michelle Adams is a passionate lover of the Beagle and has a popular website that can teach you how to have a happy, healthy and well behaved Beagle. Among other topics there, you can also learn all about Beagle Dog types plus a whole lot more.
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