Is this a pure beagle?

[KenAddams]

If I post some photos came someone tell me if they think this a pure beagle or a mix

That face

@Josette77

My beagle Chihuahua mix.

Awwww so cute

@WhatsitWiggle

Does she have any recall whatsoever? None? Then you have a beagle!

My brother has one - his wife's choice. Lockdown puppy and he is totally bonkers and a complete liability. Seriously cute face though - I mean, you just can't resist the head tilt and raised ears, can you?

Takes recall as her chance to take a runner opposite direction 😂😂

No one can tell without papers/tree/lineage.
Even poorly bred pure breeds can look odd.
Likewise two similar mixed bred dogs out of a litter might have one looking pure.

@fallfallfall

No one can tell without papers/tree/lineage. Even poorly bred pure breeds can look odd. Likewise two similar mixed bred dogs out of a litter might have one looking pure.

Hmm there's always one! I wasn't holding any ones answer as actual gospel more just wanted my feelings confirmed it's in the snout something isn't right I did said a honestly didn't care what she is as she's just beautiful 😍

With the spots on her snout she could have some harrier in her perhaps.

I wouldn't say foxhound as they are bloody massive compared to beagles

It's hard to tell from the angle of the picture, like a pp said her snout looks a bit big? But also, she looks totally caught red pawed with the unicorn so possibly just a guilty face!

If you got her from a breeder do you not have paper work or the parents history or do you suspect the breeder isn’t being trustful?
Either way she is absolutely adorable!

My first guess would be beagle x harrier, my second would be a ‘working line’ beagle.

As a PP said, I imagine the posters who said foxhound have never seen a foxhound as they are absolutely enormous compared to beagles!

@EmpressSuiko

If you got her from a breeder do you not have paper work or the parents history or do you suspect the breeder isn’t being trustful? Either way she is absolutely adorable!

My thought is he's not being truthful perhaps I'm just cynical lol she can be a cross or a pure she's still a wee lovely lol

They vary massively in size. Mine is tiny whereas my friends is more Labrador sized

@CanIJustHaveAWord

They vary massively in size. Mine is tiny whereas my friends is more Labrador sized

Any "beagle" that is Labrador sized is not a beagle!

They are small hounds - part of their breed description is that they're- "small, compact and hardy".

A Labrador sized hound is likely to be a harrier, foxhound, trailhound or one of many fell hound breeds.

Beagles are small dogs that don't even come up to your knee. Mine is best friends with a Labrador and the Labrador is pretty much twice his size!

Have a look at Kerry Beagles - the snout and face looks more like that kind of shape, but you don't tend to see them much outside of Ireland, so maybe just more a working type Beagle.

She looks like a Beagle to me and she's beautiful.

But if you bought her from a breeder she should have come with lineage and parent health checks etc - I take it she's not KC registered?

She's lovely either way but breeder sounds a bit dodgy and it's really off to sell known mixes as pures.

Aren't mixed dogs generally healthier than pure breeds? My vet friend said if he ever got a dog he would definitely want a mix.

Typical working beagle.

I have a beagle.

I have a friend who has a beagle jack Russel cross that looks exactly like yours,
I think she definitely has a Jack Russell face.

@LemonViolets

I have a beagle.

I have a friend who has a beagle jack Russel cross that looks exactly like yours,
I think she definitely has a Jack Russell face.

That's what I thought she was crossed with! Gorgeous doggy's

@tattychicken

Typical working beagle.

Omg second row.. second in that's her 😂😂

@Lorrymum

Possibly a touch of foxhound? Difficult to tell from photo.

That’s what I thought

@KenAddams Grew up in a household with a number of beagles and she looks right to me. Why do you ask?
Please don't let her chew her toys to bits and swallow any if the bits though.

@bluejelly

Aren't mixed dogs generally healthier than pure breeds? My vet friend said if he ever got a dog he would definitely want a mix.

It depends entirely on the mix, the breeds involved, what health tests have been done and generally a bunch of luck.

Yes, you have pure bred dogs with awful health issues (see pugs and Frenchies) but you can also have mixes with the same issues too.

Have the people suggesting she's a foxhound mix ever met a foxhound?

They're huge over twice the size of your average beagle with really, really long legs and very differently shaped heads and snouts.

[quote DoubleTweenQueen]@KenAddams Grew up in a household with a number of beagles and she looks right to me. Why do you ask?
Please don't let her chew her toys to bits and swallow any if the bits though.[/quote]
I'm not sure what it is, just a wee part of me that thinks she isn't pure.. I do want to state again I honestly do not care what she is

Aw no she hasn't eaten any of the bits (that I can tel) they were lying everywhere lol.. just pulled the head clean off n is currently still running bout with the head as a trophy lol

She's defo not big I am 4"9 and even standing on her back and paws is still on my. Bottom half lol