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The Modern Beagle Handbook by Renee Patience, gold and navy cover with a Beagle running across the grass with a ball

The Modern Beagle Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you a Beagle is a happy little family dog. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

A merry little hound who follows their nose. This book is about that dog, and what to do about it today.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

Inside the book: 128 pages, 18 chapters, 2 formats (PDF and EPUB). Try this today: small things to do with your dog at the end of almost every chapter.

What's inside

  • Where the Beagle came from, and what a pack scent hound needs from family life

  • Is a Beagle right for you? The honest version, including the voice, the food and recall

  • Weight, backs, ears, epilepsy, DNA tests, and what the research actually says

  • Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

  • Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

  • The tracker, the food thief and the puller: Beagle training challenges

  • Scent, voice, food and the chase, enrichment, family life and other animals

  • Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

  • Beagle myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

What's inside The Modern Beagle Handbook: three real pages from the book, fanned out

There's a Beagle checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about a Beagle, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.

The Modern Beagle Handbook

€9.99Price
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