hi We have friends who have a lemon and white beagle she is beautofull very friendly and great with people and kids and other dogs , BUT and there are buts and this doesnt apply to all Beagles , she is nearly 2yrs still messes in the house , is stubourn isnt easily trained ,and they tried the off lead thing and she went missing for 3 hours , she legged it out of the park and a neighbour found her at the bottom of thier road and took her back . I love the bread and would have one tomorrow but they arnt always the easiest dogs , A long extendable lead in parks could be used but this does restrict them to the lenght of the lead . They can be trained to recall it just takes longer and more patients you need to start as you mean to go on and train from the word go . Really nice dogs but i would always be worried that there might be one time she wont come back cos she has picked up a sent more interesting than coming bak to you . Have you a breader in mind ?? i live in birmingham and the lady who breads the beagle that was in the finals at crufts is only 30 mins from me by the NEC her dogs go for about £800 this is about average for a good beagle , you,l always find cheaper ones though but you must make sure they have been bred from sound stock for temperament . Cheapest ive ever seen them was £450 but they didnt seem to have such nice faces . keep us posted as to how you get on .

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