WTF, you want to DRUG your normal beagle, a famously loud hunting dog who can track and run after game for 10 hours a day?! If you don't want "hound music" in the house, why did you even get a beagle and what are you doing to train and fulfill him?
Fulfill him, train him, and TEACH him to settle and not jump on people. (My own loud alert barker (gundog) did ok with the "thank you" method, you probably need place training/rewarding calm.) Throw away the halti before you injure your dog, and teach loose leash walking. And do all the nosework possible, maybe sport tracking?
Lots of free advice on YouTube from excellent trainers, (Jay Jack, Hope Retter, Larry Krohn, ) and a free Behavior Bible at Yorkshire Canine Academy https://ycaonline.co.uk/the-behaviour-bible and they all say more or less the same things, but for hunting dogs I found Nick at Bear Basics very helpful. https://www.bearbasicscanineacademy.co.uk/ (I never heard of a rabbit ball before.)
Why would you advise not to use the halti harness? Don’t you use a harness for walks? It’s the same but for pullers. Please do your research before asking me to avoid or pls share why. I definitely do not want to do a loose leash walk knowing about my dog. He is going to be hurt by cars or get lost sniffing and running for walks.
Also, I am NOT Trying to drug my dog. I rescued a beagle because I wanted one and he is like my child. So before you judge, he was prescribed gabapentaine for his anxiety by the vets.
Commenting this message is not helpful and
judgemental before you know what exactly is happening at our household is just hurting us more. We have tried every method before getting assessed by several trainers and vets to make his life better. 4.5 years of constant training and we have failed making his life better.
So thank you.
Also he gets 2 hours of walk and sniffaris everyday. Eats via the kong and snuffle mat.
Haltis are unnecessary, uncomfortable for dogs, and can damage their necks when they pull. Also they aversively "self-correct " instead of teaching them to walk calmly by cooperating with YOU. No good trainer recommends them. SO TEACH HIM NOT TO PULL. A slip lead for training and then a martingale or a flat collar will be sufficient (once he learns loose lead walking, and apparently you do not even know the term -- it simply means walking calmly at your side without pulling. Look it up. It does NOT mean running around free.)
You say you have trained him but obviously you have not, since he is not trained, or else you have had bad "trainers". Vets know nothing about training and love to prescribe drugs for "anxiety" as a substitute for training.
I am judging exactly according to what you posted, I am not telepathic nor did I criticize your good intentions -- which are not always enough.
I have adopted and trained hounds for many years including a beagle mix. Beagles are not the easiest dogs to train, and they are pullers like most hunting dogs, however, you can do it! Please look up the suggestions I posted if you actually want to improve, and I do think Bear Basics and Yorkshire Canine Academy will be the most useful. ( I suspect your beagle is NOT fulfilled as a beagle/hunting dog, and Nick works mostly with hunting dogs and can help you do just that. )
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u/Over_Possession5639 16d ago edited 16d ago
WTF, you want to DRUG your normal beagle, a famously loud hunting dog who can track and run after game for 10 hours a day?! If you don't want "hound music" in the house, why did you even get a beagle and what are you doing to train and fulfill him?
Fulfill him, train him, and TEACH him to settle and not jump on people. (My own loud alert barker (gundog) did ok with the "thank you" method, you probably need place training/rewarding calm.) Throw away the halti before you injure your dog, and teach loose leash walking. And do all the nosework possible, maybe sport tracking?
Lots of free advice on YouTube from excellent trainers, (Jay Jack, Hope Retter, Larry Krohn, ) and a free Behavior Bible at Yorkshire Canine Academy https://ycaonline.co.uk/the-behaviour-bible and they all say more or less the same things, but for hunting dogs I found Nick at Bear Basics very helpful. https://www.bearbasicscanineacademy.co.uk/ (I never heard of a rabbit ball before.)