Typical Beagle

One of the most common questions we get from people who have, or have had, Beagles about June is if we’ve had any problems with her being reliably housetrained. Apparently, it is a common issue with Beagles. Our answer was always no. We added that it was helpful to have another dog who was housetrained at the time we were housebreaking her.
But that was until this winter. Whether it was her tummy troubles or just bad weather, we don’t really know, but at one point, she stopped asking to go out in the evenings. At first it was on nights when we’d gone to the dog park and so the other dogs weren’t asking to go out. But then, it got to be almost every night.
At some point after she had eaten her dinner, she’d leave the bedroom and just go piddle somewhere- living room, hallway, bath mat, it didn’t matter. She would do it 30 seconds after leaving our room- not even enough time for one of us to realize she’d left and get up and take her out. It was frustrating to say the least.
So, we decided we had to treat her as if she was being potty trained again. She goes out on a schedule, she’s not allowed in a room without us. And when she does her business outside, she gets praised. It is working. This week, she has started asking to go out again, at least when are also in the living room or kitchen.
Sometimes, I wish Junebug wasn’t such a typical Beagle.