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hi I am Sara, I have a crazy beagle a year old named spicie a female. she is tied up all the time because she breaks every thing  
when we bought her we let her in the house and with only 2 months she scratch all the sofa and the door and by being all tied up she strong and fat you cant leave any thing cause she will eat it also there big holes in the back yard and we had 2 types of fences and she climbs them up like a cat  or digs a hole under. we´ve past by 2 trainers but nobody can handle her.

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Hi Sara, I am so sad to hear about this, this is not a happy life for her or for you. Being tied up is a real problem and is not fair to her, she doesnt know how to behave well becuase she wasnt tuaght how to and she sounds very frustrated. If you guys have already used two trainers and they werent able to help either they were terrible trainers or no one followed through with practicing what they taught. Maybe the kindest thing you could do is to find a beagle rescue or humane shelter and give her up so someone else can retrain her and care for her. It is really not fair to keep her tied up and this will just encouorage her to dig and be bad out of frustration. Beagles are what are called "pack animals" they CRAVE the attention of either other animals or people but do not like to be alone. This is not the right kind of dog if she isnt going to be inside and with her people all the time so please do think about what is the best thing to do for her.

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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