The Beagle's Appearence
General Appearance
- long floppy ears (that can touch their nose when their heads are down)
- tails are long and up, with a white tip
- normal sized snouts (not too long and not too short)
- "sad puppy" dog eyes that are dark brown or hazel, in colour
COAT:
- Short haired, smooth, coarse, hound like coat
Beagles come in a variety of colours but common colouring groups are:
1. Tri-Coloured Group- black and tan with pure white.
Tri-Coloured Beagle
2. The Red/Orange/Lemon White group- different degrees of colouring from dark rich, red through to orange and lemon
3. The pied group- this group has the widest range of colouring from:
- Badger pied- mixture of black, silver and fawn, giving the coat a “badger” appearance
Badger Pied Beagle
- Hare pied-fewer black hairs with more tan colouring, not in patches but mixed together giving the coat a “hare” look
Hare Pied Beagle
- Lemon pied- this beagle has more red colouring with cream or lemon. Colours all mixed together to give a blended look
4. The mottles-are various colourings from tan-mottled, red-mottled, tri-coloured mottled and blue-molted. Interesting fact about the mottled group is that it is an inherited colouring. You can tell if the puppy is mottled by the rings of coloured pigmentation on his paws.
SIZE:
Generally beagles are under 38 cm (15 inches) and under 14 kg (30 lbs)
Generally beagles are under 38 cm (15 inches) and under 14 kg (30 lbs)
