How to Train a Beagle? These Training Methods Are Simple and Practical

Beagles have a loud, high-pitched bark, and they are also the smallest breed among scent hounds. With their keen sense of smell, they chase prey, making them quite capable scent hounds. Beagles are also cheerful in temperament, with endearing movements, lively, and relatively quick to react, extremely affectionate toward their owners, and understanding. Their bark is pleasant to the ear, and they are increasingly welcomed by people and have become a family dog. So how should they be raised?

How to Train a Beagle

1. Use a simple hand gesture to make the dog sit. Whenever you plan to teach the dog something new, first command it to sit to ensure it can focus fully.

2. After the dog sits, give the second command “wait”. At the same time, hold the leash and walk a circle around the dog to see whether it stays sitting.

3. Walk to the front of the dog, then step back to where the leash is taut, while repeating the command “wait”. If the dog moves, go back and practice again from the beginning.

4. After calling the dog's name, immediately give the command “come”. Make the dog sit before praising it or letting it go.

Training Methods for Beagles

1. Train Beagle puppies to relieve themselves in a fixed place. When a puppy needs to relieve itself, it will usually run around looking for a place to eliminate. At this time, carry it to the designated toilet box or toilet. Once you confirm it has finished, pat its head and say “good job”, and give it a little tasty food. When it relieves itself anywhere, carry it to the place where it eliminated, let it sniff its own waste, and scold it. After doing this several times, it will know its fixed elimination spot.

2. Stop bad behaviors in puppies. Beagle puppies are usually quite disobedient, especially puppies that have just left their mother and littermates. They will feel very lonely and need human affection. Most puppies will bark nonstop at night, which means they are asking to sleep in the owner's bed. Therefore, before buying a puppy, prepare a clean and dry kennel. Before sleeping at night, put a small piece of tasty food in the kennel and give the command “go back to your bed”. Place a watch in the kennel; the ticking sound of the watch will make the puppy mistake it for a companion's heartbeat. After a few days, the puppy will no longer bark at night and will naturally return to its own bed to sleep.

How to Potty Train a Beagle

1. First, it is best to start potty training a Beagle in its puppy years. Although Beagles in their young years have irregular elimination and training them is somewhat difficult, as their owner you must be patient. Before training it to relieve itself in a designated place, make sure it already understands its own name and understands the tone of your praise and criticism.

2. Generally, a Beagle will eliminate about 30 minutes after eating, or about 15 minutes after drinking water. Owners can pay special attention at these times. If you find the Beagle sniffing around on the ground, be highly alert: it is looking for a territory to go to the toilet. Using this characteristic, we can observe the Beagle's behavior and then lure the puppy. (For example, after meals or upon waking, keep watching the Beagle. Once you find the puppy showing signs of needing to urinate, such as turning in circles or sniffing around, guide the puppy to the correct place.)

3. Once the Beagle relieves itself in the designated place, be sure to remember to encourage it. For example, give it a favorite snack or a piece of beef cube to encourage it. Slowly, the puppy will know that relieving itself here is correct, and the good habit of fixed-point elimination will be formed.

Precautions for Potty Training a Beagle

1. When a Beagle goes in the wrong place, the owner only needs to use a slightly stern tone (raised volume) and tell it: "No!", then immediately carry the little dog to the correct place to relieve itself.

2. The waste in the wrong place must be cleaned up immediately, and that spot must be thoroughly deodorized (bleach + deodorizing spray). This is to prevent the puppy from smelling the previous scent next time and going in the same place again, which would make it difficult to correct later.

After reading the Beagle training methods, surely those who want to raise a Beagle know what to do now! A Beagle's sense of smell is even better than that of other medium-sized dogs, so it was later trained by people as a drug-sniffing dog, and it can often be seen at large airports around the world.