SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT BREIGAYT BEAGLES
We have bred
beagles as a hobby since 1975. We have around ten adults most of the time. One
is a champion stud dog imported from a top show kennel in the USA, two are
young Champion stud dogs that are being shown, three are young females that
will be in the show ring this year or next, and the rest are females that are
either retired or will produce our current litters. We like to show most of our
breeding stock to their championships.
Our bloodlines combine some top show stock from Canada, the USA, Brazil,
Finland, France and Australia.
Four out of the
top five Agility beagles in Canada for the last two years were from our kennel,
which shows both their soundness and their great temperaments!
Our puppies are
born in the house and spend their first few weeks there. Then they are moved to
a heated building with a doggy door leading to sheltered runs so that they can
learn to be clean and start to house train at an early age. The pups are moved there after they are
active enough to go outside to play. They will still be socialized daily, not
only by ourselves but also by lots of visitors. As they get a bit older and
stronger, they are put into really large pens with dog houses to exercise
during the day.
We have ten
acres, and we usually allow the dogs to run on the acre or so around the house
for extra exercise. However, each of our dog runs is at least 30 by 50 feet,
and our adults spend most of their time in these runs with insulated dog houses
for shelter. They love the freedom and exercise they are allowed with this
living style.
We have
anywhere from one to several litters a year depending on which females we have
in breeding condition that are not being currently shown (or are retiredJ).
Most of our
pups are sold as pets with the agreement that he/she be spayed or neutered
before 8 months of age. Our pet puppies are great looking, have great
dispositions, and many could likely could become champions, but we can't keep
them all or the quality of life would go down for the rest of them.
We do make sure
the breeding dogs have eye checks at the Veterinary Ophthalmologist and any
checks for any other problems that could be genetic. I worked for a
veterinarian for 25 years, so we have been able to do more checking than the
average breeder. Let me know if you are interested.
Beth