Our mission is to breed our Beagles as near to the breed standard as possible.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: A sturdy, compactly-built hound, conveying the impression of quality without coarseness.
CHARACTERISTICS: A merry hound whose essential function is to hunt, primarily
hare, by following a scent. Bold, with great activity, stamina and
determination. Alert, intelligent and of even temperament.
TEMPERAMENT: Amiable and alert, showing no aggression or timidity.
HEAD & SKULL: Fair length, powerful without being coarse, finer in the
bitch, free from frown and wrinkle. Skull slightly domed, moderately wide, with
slight peak. Stop well defined and dividing length, between occiput and tip of
nose, as equally as possible. Muzzle not snipy, lips reasonably well flewed.
Nose broad, preferably black, but less pigmentation permissible in lighter
coloured hounds. Nostrils wide.
EYES: Dark brown or hazel, fairly large, not deep set or prominent, set well
apart with mild appealing expression.
EARS: Long, with rounded tip, reaching nearly to end of nose when drawn out.
Set on low, fine in texture and hanging gracefully close to cheeks.
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MOUTH: The jaws should be strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor
bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to
the jaws.
NECK: Sufficiently long to enable hound to come down easily to scent, slightly
arched and showing little dewlap.
FOREQUARTERS: Shoulders well laid back, not loaded. Forelegs straight and
upright well under the hound, good substance, and round in bone, not tapering
off to feet. Pasterns short. Elbows firm, turning neither in nor out. Height to
elbow about half height at withers.
BODY: Topline straight and level. Chest let down to below elbow. Ribs well
sprung and extending well back. Short in the couplings but well balanced. Loins
powerful and supple, without excessive tuck-up.
HINDQUARTERS: Muscular thighs. Stifles well bent. Hocks firm, well let down and
parallel to each other.
FEET: Tight and firm. Well knuckled up and strongly padded. Not hare-footed.
Nails short.
TAIL: Sturdy, moderately long. Set on high, carried gaily but not curled over
back or inclined forward from root. Well covered with hair, especially on
underside.
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GAIT/MOVEMENT: Back level, firm with no indication of roll. Stride free, long
reaching in front and straight without high action; hind legs showing drive.
Should not move close behind nor paddle nor plait in front.
COAT: Short, dense and weatherproof.
COLOUR: Tricolour (black, tan and white); blue, white and tan; badger
pied; hare pied; lemon pied; lemon and white; red and white; tan and white;
black and white; all white. With the exception of all white, all the above
mentioned colours can be found as mottle. No other colours are permissible. Tip
of stern white.
SIZE: Desirable minimum height at withers 33cm (13ins)
Desirable maximum height at withers 40cm (15ins)
NOTE: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended
into the scrotum.