Full beagles

[Fox dog 185]

Any full beagles about?

[toolebox 1,514]

I've had a special interest in hunting hounds for a number of years. I mainly use Beagles, but a couple of years ago I did include a foxhound in my pack. There is only the one breeder, of the Fox Hound breed in New Zealand and in the last 20 years I can't recall any pups  offered for sale, so it's fair to say they are a rare breed.  At one time I had six beagles in total but moved away from the breed when my best two remaining beagles suffered misadventures. During those days, I swore I'd never have another and if I did, I would not have more than two in total, if I ever decided to get back into the breed. Fast-forward to a couple of years ago when I brought a lemon & white bitch of working stock, I then brought a dog &  another lovely marked TRI coloured bitch, who sneaked behind the shed to meet up to Barney the male, the resulting littler numbered 6, but we had some bad luck, in which we lost 2 of the pups when they were just born. Of the remaining four, my grown daughter took one bitch & I kept the other three, made up of two bitches and a dog. I've just started the 3 x 6-month-old pups, and they keen to hunt. Rabbits are the target, with the odd hare thrown in as it's impossible not to jump several during a hunt, they outnumber the rabbits here by ten to one. I love to hear the roar of the hounds on the chase, it's the best part of hunting with hounds. I will try to throw up some pictures tonight.

[Gypsydog94 4,551]

On 22/06/2024 at 11:42, Fox dog said:

Any full beagles about?

For stud? I got two 

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[Fox dog 185]

On 25/06/2024 at 14:48, Gypsydog94 said:

For stud? I got two 

Pups or future litters,I've one old bitch here now too old to breed from 

[Gypsydog94 4,551]

9 hours ago, Fox dog said:

Pups or future litters,I've one old bitch here now too old to breed from 

I’m looking for a spaniel bitch to breed first cross from 

[day and night walker 235]

On average at what age would a bitch be too old to breed from?

[Fox dog 185]

The bitch here must be 13 now on the way out,she's just no bothers that's why she's there,and served well 

[stevemac 433]

On 25/06/2024 at 19:21, toolebox said:

I've had a special interest in hunting hounds for a number of years. I mainly use Beagles, but a couple of years ago I did include a foxhound in my pack. There is only the one breeder, of the Fox Hound breed in New Zealand and in the last 20 years I can't recall any pups  offered for sale, so it's fair to say they are a rare breed.  At one time I had six beagles in total but moved away from the breed when my best two remaining beagles suffered misadventures. During those days, I swore I'd never have another and if I did, I would not have more than two in total, if I ever decided to get back into the breed. Fast-forward to a couple of years ago when I brought a lemon & white bitch of working stock, I then brought a dog &  another lovely marked TRI coloured bitch, who sneaked behind the shed to meet up to Barney the male, the resulting littler numbered 6, but we had some bad luck, in which we lost 2 of the pups when they were just born. Of the remaining four, my grown daughter took one bitch & I kept the other three, made up of two bitches and a dog. I've just started the 3 x 6-month-old pups, and they keen to hunt. Rabbits are the target, with the odd hare thrown in as it's impossible not to jump several during a hunt, they outnumber the rabbits here by ten to one. I love to hear the roar of the hounds on the chase, it's the best part of hunting with hounds. I will try to throw up some pictures tonight.

Hi a few years back we had a holiday in nz while visiting g,ow worm caves I think in waitamo we stayed a BnB near by  theire was a famed photo of a pack and riders on the wall of cause I took interest having owned foxhounds. the lady of the hoiuse informed me it was a photo of her taken by her husband and she rode to hounds quite often so obviously theres a pack about that area somewhere. 

[toolebox 1,514]

Hi Stevemac, there are a number of mounted rider harrier packs in NZ, but no foxhound packs that I know of, in fact there wouldn't be more  ten fox hounds in New Zealand at the moment. I have only seen one add for a litter in the last 20 years, the one my bitch came from, and the two pups sat unsold for a while . I can't see them becoming popular here, as the Beagle breed has a huge following as a keen sort after family pet. The harrier hunts keep all their pups and dogs in house only, sending different bloodlines to each other and never sell to the public.I do know of two that were imported from Aussie that are in private hands, but the lady shows beagles and has no plans on breeding a litter of harriers. The hound world here is a very small one ,a damn shame really . On a brighter note a pair of Blue Tick hounds were imported to New Zealand a couple of years back that produced a litter earlier this year, once again these hounds were hard to sell resulting in some unsold at 7 months old ,this resulted in the breeder stating she wouldn't bother breeding them again.    

 

hard to sell 

Edited August 2 by toolebox