As a beagle owner, I'm disappointed by the picture, as it doesn't show the beagle's glorious tail, or "flag", an essential aid to location in the field, especially when long grass obscures this relatively short-legged dog. Anyone got a better photo?Rrabbit 16:33 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

If you have the Beagle to hand, do you have a camera? Maybe you could take a better photo. If you need any help with image and file size and so on, I can help there. Just give me a shout -- sannse 16:47 26 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Unfortunately, though a beagle owner I'm not a camera owner (one expensive toy is enough!) I do have a nice shot taken by a professional photographer, but it is only head and shoulders, so not as good as yours. Do you think I should add some stuff about beagling, i.e. hunting on foot with beagles, to the page? Rrabbit 09:09 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)

It's not mine, mine is the Border Collie :) I have the camera, but no Beagle. Information on beagling sounds good. And any other information you have on the breed history and so on would be a great addition. You might want to look at the dog breeds WikiProject for some ideas on article structure. Enjoy! -- sannse 12:55 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I've a added some notes on the beagle's temperament, beagling, and use as sniffer dogs. Hope you approve. Rrabbit 14:57 27 Jun 2003 (UTC)

And I got that tail you wanted ;) -- sannse

I've removed the external link at the bottom of the page again - Elf is right, it is redundant because all the standards are linked in the table (which is the standard way of listing them on all the dog breed articles). The link in the text was redundant too - I didn't see that one earlier :) -- sannse (talk) 08:56, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

Ah, okay. I didn't see that one. My apologies. -- Djinn112 11:19, May 6, 2004 (UTC)

--- This needs to be added ...

While beagles are rarely used for drug detection, they are the breed of choice of the Department of Agriculture to detect food items in luggage. The force is called the Beagle Brigade and they wear a green jacket. The reason the beagle was choosen is because they are small, easy to care for, and because they do not intimidate non-dog lovers.

Thanks to Elf for correcting my uncapitalizing of the breed names. I'm still somewhat new here and didn't realize that capitalizing breeds was Wiki style. ffirehorse 16:30, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

No problem! I was going to bip over to your user page and make a note there but wiki's been so slow this morning that I didn't get thru my other edits first. Capitalization varies so much from project to project on wikipedia and it's hard to figure it out even after you've been here a while. If you're interested in dogs, you might want to check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Dog breeds. And welcome to Wikipedia! Elf | Talk 16:55, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Question: Is the statement "the smallest of the scent-hunting hounds" correct? Is the Dachshund not a scenthound? -- Freak

Humm, I think you are right. I've removed the sentence -- sannse (talk) 20:06, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps it should be "smallest of the pack-hunting hounds?" -- Ralphmerridew 02:25, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

That sounds right. Maybe someone can confirm it's true and it can go in the article? -- sannse (talk) 18:47, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)