Beagles are so intelligent and easy to train. Our little girl Beagle was named Easy simply because of that. She was a couple of months old when we adopted her.

Within a few weeks, she was going to the front door when she had to go out. We started training her to go out the first day we brought her home. Once an hour, we asked her, Do you have to go out? Then, we went out and said, Go potty.

We repeated the same words every hour. The first week, Easy slept in her crate at night. She never soiled it. She would whine if she needed to go out. We would go to her bed and ask, Do you have to go out? She would howl and we would let her out. Then, we took her to the door and asked again, Do you have to go out? She howled and we took her out.

When we got to her spot, we said, Go potty. By the time we had Easy for a month, she only had one accident in the house. And that was a story in itself. She was on a spiral staircase and went in a plant we had hanging off it! We immediately took her to the door and asked, Do you have to go out? Then, we took her to her spot and said Go potty. She never made another mistake.

After that she no longer needed to sleep in her crate and cuddled up with us in bed. She was so bright for such a small puppy. Beagles are so intelligent. And, so loving. By repeating over and over the same words, a Beagle learns quickly what the words mean. Consistency is the key. Easy never needed more than a small amount of training to learn new things.

She loved being part of a family and loved being included in all of our family activities. We had the love of our little Easy for ten years until she got cancer. That is another story that we will tell another time.

We can only say that Beagles are a wonderful breed of dog. We have many fond memories of Easy. If given lots of love and attention, a Beagle will give back twice the amount of love.They are a loyal companion and a joy to have in your family.