[wndycndy]

I used to have Labs too but now I have Beagles. I find the Beagles easier but they have their challenges too. I didn't mean to be hard on the origional poster, who seems to have vanished anyway, but I know how often things can go wrong even if you do everything right. Asking this forum for whelping advice just seems like the longest way to go to "get there" in an emergency ;)

[AnAmericanMother]

I think Beagles are adorable, but noisy (we have two a block behind us) and so single minded when they get on a scent that they don't pick their nose up or realize where they are until they are five miles away from home and completely lost . . .

Since I got my Lab I've gotten heavily into agility and hunting retriever (mine is clearly NOT a conformation dog!), so I guess I'm stuck with Labs!