Grooming Your Beagle: Beagles have a double coat. This means they have a downy, soft hair underneath, and long, guard hairs on top. So they do shed and grooming should be done on a regular schedule. Monthly bathing and daily brushing will help keep your house clean and your dog happy. We use Chris Christensen …
Everyone has their own theory on how to feed dogs. Here, we will tell you ours. C2R researches nutrition for many reasons – to help dogs run more efficient in the field, to grow healthier puppies, to have longevity in our breeding stock, and to have the best looking dogs out there. As nutrition is …
The National Beagle Club of America, Inc. is the AKC parent club for the beagle breed, as well as the American registry and recognizing body for formal beagle, basset and harrier packs. Through its supporting membership, the NBC administers AKC-sanctioned regional and national conformation and performance specialties, the beagle breed standard, and various breed education programs. …
Chance 2 Ranch registers all of our Beagles with the American Kennel Club. The AKC is constantly striving to make life for dogs better, by having organized breed events, having a legislative branch that monitors dog laws and ensures the best outcome, and by recognizing responsible breeders. We are actively working towards the AKC Breeder …
From Whole Dog Journal: Holistic veterinarian Stacey Hershman, of Nyack, New York, took an interest in ear infections when she became a veterinary technician in her teens. “This is a subject that isn’t covered much in vet school,” she says. “I learned about treating ear infections from the veterinarians I worked with over the years. …
Part of being a good trainer is knowing when to apply “pressure” to a dog. When do you praise them, when do you scold them, and when do you stretch their learning capacity. Not all people are good “trainers”, and if you know you are not a trainer, please do not buy a puppy! Ask …
Greg and I are both trainers. We have been around animals our entire lives, and both started out training horses and other farm animals from the time we were little. In 2009, we opened Chance 2 Ranch Hounds and Horses. We have been successfully training horses professionally since then, and in our spare time, training …
C2R strives to improve the Beagle breed as a whole, and this requires investigation into the breeding of show quality Beagles as well as hunting Beagles. Because C2R likes a faster dog that can get a rabbit around to the gun as fast as possible while still staying true to line, we had to start …
Most of us don’t even think to look in a dog’s mouth. However, there are good reasons to discover problems before they arise. If a dog’s teeth are misaligned, or if there are retained baby teeth, it can cause undue rubbing on the enamel and eventually lead to abscesses or painful teeth that need to …
C2R trains horses as well as dogs, and the similarities are uncanny, both in their conformation, and in training methods. In horses, if a horse is lame, you cannot use it. Likewise, if a dog is lame, it cannot run rabbits or be competitive in the field So it is to your advantage to understand …