Beagles

SAN DIEGO -- An owner decides to euthanize a small dog after it bit a woman with a jogging stroller and another person. Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Police and animal control officers were called out to Bamburgh Drive in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego at about 10:30 a.m. The woman with the jogging stroller was bitten on the thigh. Her injury was not serious. A man who was bitten by the dog told NBC 7/39 about the attack.

Little Bit was a handful. Two hands full if the truth be known! Most stubborn dog I have ever encountered. Found her on the side of the road in South Carolina one morning several years ago, looking forlorn and forgotten.I don't usually pay much attention to hounds of any breed I see along the road, particularly in the fall when the hunts are on. Usually they will be picked up when the hunts are over.But this was a Monday morning and no hunts were in progress in that area, so I decided to pick it up, thinking it probably had a collar or a tag with an address or at least a telephone number. She...

Less than a month after winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club, his team made it official: America's top dog has retired.

Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Good ol' Snoopy, a champion at last. Barking and baying up a storm, Uno lived up to his name Tuesday night by becoming the first beagle to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Uno, a 15-inch beagle, looks at his championship ribbon following his win in the hound group at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.

Origins of the Beagle are unknown, although small hounds called Beagles have been known of since at least the 1300s. These dogs were used for hunting small game such as the hare and quail. The breed as it is known today was bred during the mid-nineteenth century at the kennel of Parson Honeywood in England. Although there was a type of dog in the United States that was also called the Beagle, breeders in the American South began importing the English version in the late nineteenth century. The United States National Beagle Club, founded on the English type was formed in 1888.

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