Customer Comments

Bart is one of Sal's puppies, and Maggie is a sister
to a couple of our beagle mothers.

Hi Toni and family,

I want you to know that Maggie is growing and flourishing just fine. She is aggressive and runs the household. She loves playing and attacking her older brother Jack. I emailed you and told you that I hired a dog photographer, and she did such a fantastic job. I'm attaching a couple of pictures. Let me know if you want a couple of just Maggie for your web page. We got more pics. of Jack, he just loved the camera. Maggie, not so much. She's still so young a just wants to play, and not cooperate or act on queue. I'll have to hold off on her acting début. I call her Maggie Waggie because her tail still wags a mile a minute. Everyone who meets them can't believe they are not biologically related.

Take Care,
Gina, Jack, and Maggie
Buckwheat x Haley 2007 puppy

Hi Toni, Just thought I'd share a picture of our Marley with you. He's growing so fast, we can hardly believe it! He's been such a great puppy, thanks so much for all of your help and for raising such quality puppies! Chelsey R
Buckwheat x Suzie Q 2006 puppy

Hi Toni, we took Sonny in today and she said everything looked good. Everyone thought he was so neat and had never saw a beagle that color. They gave him his shot and he is doing ok, right now he is resting. I had them do a fecal exam and it came back negative so that is good =) He weighed 5.5 pounds. I brought in his health record and she said she thinks he should still have 3 more shots just to be safe. Is that normal for them to want to do that? (Answer: Yes...we give 4 shots in the series, but some veterinarians feel 3 is sufficient) The vet also gave me a heart worm protection medicine. Well have a good night=)

Always, Crystal
Khaktus x Rainey 2009 Puppy

Toni, Here are some pictures of Spike. As you can see he's adjusting just fine!!!! He started Chewmania at about the 5th day of his arrival and we were thinking we should have named him Chewy, but we were given some corrections to give him and he's catching on just great. He had only woken up in the middle of the night once (that was the second night he was here) and he's had a few inside accidents, but that's to be expected. He and the other dog get along Great!!! We'll keep you updated!! Thanks, Shelly

Thought we would send some recent pictures of the two beagles we purchased back in August, (think they were from your 1st letter at the end of June). The tan and white is the male (Lucky) (wow! everyone who has seen him has been impressed) and the tri- colored is the female (Kenya).  They were spayed and neutered about two weeks ago.  We could not be happier with the dogs.  Thank you very much. Darren and Shannon
Buckwheat x Suzie Q 2006 puppy

Hi Toni-

I just  thought I should take the time and let you know how the puppy is doing.  My husband got home with her about 11:30 pm Saturday night, she is so beautiful and so little.  We really love her :-)

Our other dog, Sunny (a rat terrier) is starting to adjust to the new addition to the family.  She didn't quite know what to think about getting a sister after being an only  child since we lost our last beagle in 2002.  Bailey and Sunny are doing a lot of running in the yard so the puppy is very tired by the end of the day.  Its really cute when Bailey can't catch Sunny when they are running she barks are her.  It is the cutest little bark.  My daughter said that Bailey howled for the first time today, I can't wait to hear it!

She sleeps in bed with my daughter and sleeps very good, Heather only has to get up once a night to take her outside. it is really amazing she really doesn't cry at all.  I remember when the other dogs were young pups and we first brought them home at night time they would cry a lot.  Why is it when you get a puppy the puppy always wants to eat the adult dog food and the adult dog only wants to eat the puppy food?  I think that's our biggest problem with the two of them, they wait until they are really hungry to eat because we won't let them eat each others food.

She is adjusting very well and we are really enjoying having her as part of our family.  I will send you pictures as she grows so you can see how she's doing.

Thank you very much for allowing us to adopt one of your puppies. It is wonderful to have a beagle in the family again.  I love all dogs but there is a special place in my heart for beagles, the first dog I remember my family having when I was a child was a beagle named Lady and I have just always loved beagles. When my daughter was 2 years old (she is 17 now) and I felt she should have a dog I went out and got a beagle.  So as you can see I have a history with beagles, I think they are the most loving dogs you could ever have and they are excellent with small children.

Take care and thanks again,

Shelly
Buckwheat x Clara 2007 puppy

Hi Toni,

I thought I would just drop you a line and send you a recent picture of our puppy, Apple, whom we picked up from you last December. She has grown into a beautiful dog and gets along so well with Katie (our King Charles Cavalier Spaniel) who is also in the picture. She's very obedient, energetic, kind and smart! I can't thank you enough for allowing us to have such an important and cherished member of our family.

Cheers,

Sandi
Dan Ho x Clara 2006 puppy

Hi Toni,
I keep meaning to drop you an email and then I don't get a chance. I hope that things have settled down for you guys.

Baron is doing great -- he never even acted like he had, had surgery (except he tried to lick the stitches). . . he would run around and go crazy as if everything was normal. We've had to really try to keep him settled down for the sake of the stitches and healing. . but he is doing awesome!! He really likes to rough house with JR. . . and he likes to curl up and snuggle with me (he is sleeping on my feet as I write this!!) He seems to be getting adjusted -- he sleeps well (except when he needs to go out), likes to tickle us with his cold, wet nose, and we're all getting along great! I was going to attach a couple of brand new pictures of him, but I just realized I haven't uploaded them to the computer so here are two from the airport. . .

Have a great weekend!!
Deborah and JR
Buster x Goldie 2007 puppy

Thank you for the update Toni.  We are doing great. "Fionna" is so fun. We renamed her Manny. She is almost through potty training and loves our former dog Lexa which is a shih zu.  They are constantly playing and entertaining each other.

Thank you so much for such a beautiful well mannered puppy!!!!

-Courtney V
Buster x Lemon Liz 2008 puppy, 2 weeks after receiving her

Hi Toni!

Brittany here just saying hi! I have Rose's female puppy #3 and just wanted check in! Sorry it has taken me so long to get in touch but school and work and the puppy has made life super busy ha. We named her Mazie. Honestly, she is the most beautiful, adorable puppy we have ever known. The vet even told me that when they took her in the back that everyone who saw her said she was one of the "cutest puppies they have ever seen." No lie.

She really is wonderful. She is super smart (already somewhat knows come, sit, stay, down, paw, etc even though she is a treat driven dog already haha) and almost completely crate trained. She can only make it to about 3 hours or so in the her crate during the day and very verrrry seldom has an accident. Sleeping at night is a piece of cake! She goes to bed at about 11 or 1130 and wakes up at 7am or later and goes right outside. We have a German Shepherd who is 1 now and they just LOVE each other. At first it was a bit scary to see them play because Kailee, our GSD, has HUGE teeth and they of course, show their teeth when they play. Now Kailee is waiting outside my door in the morning for Mazie to come and play. After Mazie takes her naps in her kennel there is Kailee waiting for her. It is truly amazing.

Mazie is also great with kids. She does nip a big more than usual and gets a little over tired and mouthy when she needs a nap. Otherwise, she is a wonderful puppy. I remember you saying in one of the first e-mails regarding Rose's puppies, you mentioned that this may be her last litter, and of course after the accident I understand even more, but will this litter be her last for sure? We have a Cock-a-poo who is very very old and probably has a year left at the most and I know that as soon as he goes my mom wants another dog. Now that we have Mazie, my mom, who grew up with Beagles, has just fallen bank in love with the breed, which is obviously very easy to do! I know she will want a male and know Mazie will eventually need a friend too when I move out someday so you may find us to be repeat customers in the future because we could not be happier with Mazie.

I included a few pictures. They are mostly of just Mazie playing, some with her and Kailee, and another with our little cousin (she is sleeping in the pic but it really shows how amazing beagles are with kids and how easy...Mazie just sleeps and lets anyone, even little kids, wake her up, take her toys away, and so on).

Thank you again for everything! Have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Brittany

Coppertop x Rose 2008 puppy

I thought that I would send you some pics of Gideon so you could see what he has grown up to be. We love him so much. He is truly a indispensable member of our family. He is now completely house broken of course, likes to chase laser pointer lights, loves anyone and everyone, gets along with other animals and is such a loving and sweet dog. We couldn't be happier with him.

Thanks for our newest member of the family. And if we ever decide to get a second puppy, we will definitely be coming back to you.

Stacy

Buster x Rose 2007 puppy

Hi,

I don’t know if you remember me, but you are responsible for my existence. I was born on your property on the 5th of October last year. That means I just turned six months old. I thought I’d bring you up to date on my life, if you’re interested.

I currently have two people and one dog. After the male person took me away from you (I cried and cried and cried), we ended up at some place I’d never seen before. The female person was surprised to see me, but she seemed to like me. The dog I haven’t figured out yet. When I first saw him, I was really happy and jumped up tried to lick him, but he ran away. Imagine, a big dog like him running away from me. He’s sort of started to tolerate me, I think. Now that I go outside many times each day, we play chase on the grass (when there was snow on the ground, my people wouldn’t let me out; something about I might get chilled being so young). I chew on sticks that are on the ground, and I sniff all over the place. One thing I heard my female person say is she wishes I’d go to sleep outside, but there’s just too much stuff to see and hear to even think about going to sleep.

My male person seems friendly, but he’s strict. I can’t get away with doing things around him that I can around my female person. But he still pets me, hugs me, scratches me, and... And what? He puts a leash and chain collar on me and makes me walk all over the place. The second weekend (whatever that is, but that is what both my persons called it) I was with them, he made me walk and walk. I don’t know what 4 miles is, but he said we walked that far. At least one morning a week he takes just me for a long walk so we can have some quality time. One time he took me to see someone who, to his surprise, was afraid of me. She said she was afraid of all dogs. All sorts of other people were coming into the place where we were, and they all petted me, but she was afraid OF ME!!

Anyway, I like those walks. But now he’s doing something else. He has this thing called a bicycle, with some pole coming off the back of it that he hooks me to. Now we go
places with that, but faster. I like to trot along between 5 and 6 MPH. Sometimes I try to pull him faster, but he doesn’t oblige too often.

My female person was really worried and upset with me when I first came because I was always peeing (forgive my language, but urinating is a big word for a dog). Of course, I was drinking water a lot, too. I got some pills that I ate with some hot dog pieces, and that helped me a bit. It may have just been my age, but I’ve slowly gotten better. My female person still takes me out more than I think I may need, but she says something about being better safe than sorry.

I like to play a lot. I really like to play with Bear, the other dog. He doesn’t play with me that much, though. Maybe it’s because I always start playing by biting him, most of the time somewhere where he can’t reach me to pull me off. Someone said I was mean because of that, but I just want to get him to play. He leaves me along a lot and goes downstairs. Or, he goes to what is called a “safe zone”, in front of my male person’s chair. I can’t bother him when he’s sitting or lying there. When I can stand it no longer, I finally go to sleep. It doesn’t take much to wake me up, but I sleep off and on during the day. I almost always sleep through the night–at least until someone gets up and disturbs me. Then I get up, get taken outside to relieve myself, and go back to bed.

Sometimes I go right back to sleep, and other times I feel I don’t need any more sleep. And, when I don’t need any more sleep, neither does anyone else in the house. It’s amazing that my little 20-pound body has so much power!

Well, I’ve probably bored you, and I’m sorry about that. Have you heard anything about my brothers? Are they doing OK? I overheard that my daddy went somewhere else. I hope he has a good time wherever he went.

But, most of all, I want to thank you for letting me go to these persons. I think I’m growing on them, which means all I have to do is figure out which one does what for me, and I’ll have it made.

Bye,
Abby

And from her "host family" a year later (the ones she lets live in her house):

Hi, Toni,

The past year has been an adventure. Abby is definitely, smart, stubborn, quick, demanding, and a few other things. I wish I had a video camera to let you see, and hear, her chasing a basketball around the yard. She just punctured the 2nd basketball in about three weeks, but it deflated just enough that it still semi rolls, yet she can pick it up and carry it.

She and I, sometimes alone and sometimes with Bear, take extended strolls Saturday and Sunday mornings. The longest we've done, as measured by a GPS, is an 8-mile jaunt. Normal Saturday jaunts are between 4 and 6 miles, with Sunday being somewhere around 3-4 miles. And, yes, I walk every step also. Health people say we should walk 10,000 steps a day; I get that done well before breakfast!

I've attached six pictures of her taken today. They aren't that great, I'll be the first to admit. I have an extremely slow responding digital camera, so what I was hoping to get isn't at all what I get. One picture I deleted was Abby with her eyes shut; must have caught her in a blink. Also, are you sure there isn't some retriever in her background somewhere? She has an absolutely perfect point. One slightly blurry picture I attached sort of shows one that isn't her best by far. I was holding the deflated basketball in one hand, and the other hand had the slow-responding camera. Hence the blur.

Anyway, just thought I'd pass this info along. I'd say it's obvious I'm not as good a writer as she was at six months, but I can take that in stride.

All the best from Lincoln, the land of ABBY!!

Ken

Buckwheat x Suzie Q 2007 puppy

I just wanted to send you a little note to tell you how much we enjoy our baby beagle that we got from your place. I'm actually the "Gramma" -- my son bought the puppy for his fiancé for Christmas. They live with us for now (probably until my son is done with college), so that means the puppy gets to live with us too, of course, and I’m thrilled!.

The kids named her ZELDA (I know, I know – but it’s the only name they could AGREE on!), and she’s actually grown into her name quite well already. She was born at your place on October 17, 2008, and her parents are Lemon Liz and Buster. She’s growing so fast! She’s up to 12 pounds, 4 ounces (today) – not fat at all, just growing. She’s a food hound, though, for sure! I think she might eat a whole bag of food at once, if we’d let her, so we really keep an eye on her food intake. We have two other dogs and she eats twice as fast as they do, and we have to separate her from eating their food after her own! I guess that’s no surprise – she’s a growing puppy!

On the other hand, she’s FULL of energy and gets LOTS of exercise. We have a very large fenced-in yard, and she and our 4-year-old Beagle (Heidi) run and play together out there whenever we’re home and weather permits. Our older pug isn’t really into playing, and he sleeps a lot, but he’s Zelda’s favorite sleeping buddy, and the pug seems to really like the warm body next to him when he’s napping. We have a few cats too, and one in particular just ADORES Zelda. They play together whenever Heidi needs a break, and the cat likes to clean Zelda when they’re not playing.

Zelda is such a beautiful dog – her red coloring is really coming in beautifully and she has a really cute “freckle-face”. She’s got the most cheerful and loving disposition. We all love her so much. It was hard to know where to get a really nice beagle puppy – the place where we got Heidi is no longer available – and it was a little scary buying a puppy online and long-distance. But you proved to be an excellent source. It’s obvious you take very good care of your animals and are a very loving group of people. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your hard work and for being such good, honest people. You are a blessing to all your animals and we are grateful and feel very fortunate to have gotten our little angel from you.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Brenda, Kansas
Buster x Liz, 2008 puppy

Hi, Toni!

I've meant to email you updates, and it just always seems time gets away from me. Hershey was one of Tweetie's chocolate beagles born in December last year. I took pictures when he turned eight months and I have one in particular that I just love and wanted to share with you. (It's attached to the email). I just think he's beautiful. I love his coloring and he has the prettiest eyes! He's just the sweetest, most loving puppy!

He's really been a good boy. He has one crazy time each evening and we say "look out" because he is WOUND UP! He is the best snuggler ever and we just love him. It looks like you have your hands full with a puppy boom! I saw Tweetie & Khaktus have had puppies again and thought it was interesting how some of these were the tri-color pups.

I hope you enjoy seeing the picture! Take care!
Pam
Khaktus x Tweetie, 2008 puppy

Hi Toni! My husband and I purchased a khaki beagle from you almost a year ago. At that time we weren't married but we just got married June 13th of this year! Anyways, we just wanted to share this picture of Merlin. He's been the BEST dog we've ever had. He's so cute, friendly, and lovable. We just love him to death! I attached a picture of his 1st birthday party which was September 15th. I thought you would enjoy seeing this! :)

Justin & Jennifer
Khaktus x Rainey, 2008 puppy

Merry Christmas! Tom & I have been sitting and enjoying the photos on your website. I bet with no puppies around it is VERY quiet at your house. Thought we would send you a few new photos of Deuce He was named for Deuce McCallister who used to play for the New Orleans Saints. We went to New Orleans in Oct and brought him back a doggy jersey. He loves to cuddle. He is naughty sometimes but we truly love him and he is such a joy to our life. Thanks. Hope 2010 is a good year for you. Stay in touch.

Tom and Dawn
Khaktus x Rainey, 2008 puppy

Hi Toni,

I have been meaning to send you an email since we picked up our beagle puppy (his name is Riley), but he has kept us pretty busy, along with the holidays!

Riley is the most adorable and precious puppy in the world! It must be great to have them around all of the time.

We were a little concerned about how he would get along with our cat, but the cat basically avoids him (which is good) when he wants to play with her. He gets along great with my son's dog, they tire each other out running around the house. He loves everyone in the house and every person who came by for Christmas (of course, they fell in love with him also!)

He is not quite house trained yet, but getting there. We basically watch him constantly and take him out when it looks like he might need to go, or about every hour or so. He has become accustom to his kennel, when we need to leave for a bit. We leave music on and it seems to calm him. Of course, he always starts out with a bit of howling (it is amazing how loud a little puppy can be!) He is getting spoiled with all of the attention! He also howls & barks when you leave the room and he wants to keep playing. It doesn't help that everyone tends to rock him to sleep! My wife says I spend more time with him than I did with our 4 kids (just kidding though)!

He is also great about picking up anything he can find for chewing (we've puppy proofed most of the house). It is amazing how he knows when he has gotten something he is not supposed to have. He runs to hide, when we try to approach him, he just darts away! It is a big chase!

He has some favorite toys, especially a large ball of my nephew's. He is great at retrieving a toy you through and returning it.

On his third day with us, he got diarrhea, so we took him to the Vet. They thought it might be something he caught on the plane trip. The test came back and it was not a parasite, so they said it was probably some type of infection or related to food. He went to the Vet again today for his last shot and chip. He weighted about 6.5lbs, so growing fast! Vet said he is very healthy.

I have not registered him yet, not sure when we are supposed to do this (I guess any time?)

I am so lucky to have Riley. Thanks for raising such a precious puppy!

Regards,
Nolan
Trax x Hershey 2009 puppy