we have about 6.5 weeks until our much longer for furbaby comes into our lives !!

we have just chosen our first purebread BEAGLE puppy

she is 5 day old at the moment and soooooo devine , the mum is so beautiful and placid , she is a tri coulor and dad is a Lemon coulor , none of the pups were lemon they are all looking to be tri , but thats ok , a lemon would have been sooooo gorge but ill take a tri

going back 5 years , DH and i were on a holiday and came across a beagle breeder at a place called "bom bom creek" and we were so sure we were getting one , but we were on a roadtrip and still had 3 wks of tripping left , we vowed to go back on the way home and get one , but we got lost and couldnt find the place , then and there we said " one day we will have one and she will be called "bom bom" "

so sentimental ... eveyone laughs when we tell them the name , but it means alot to us ( the holiday was great and it was part of it )

so , when a neighbour said her beagle was having puppies we were sold , we met the daddy beagle ( theirs also ) and before they were born , knew in our hearts we would have one .

so she was chosen and now we are waiting for her to grow , so she can come home .

BUT we are not going in to this blind i have more than enough time to prepare for her .

i want pros and cons . and breed specific advice , what books best describe beagles and what training methods work the best .

we intend to have her at our workshop ( we own a mech shop and its just DH there , so it would be good company for her when im not home all day )

so she would be in a car twice a day and at a workshop all day ( the previous owners of the WS had a german shepard , so its doggy proof)

i want to know why other ppl have chosen a PB beagle .

what annoys you , what makes you happy ?

TIA !!!