These are all things I just found in my wifes dog's bed.
In case you are thinking about getting somebody a beagle for Christmas, I'll be happy to talk you out of it.

 

Beagles need a lot of attention.
Puppies need toys, so it made it's own .........
My Rottweiler German Shepherd cross ate 5 garden hoses and destroyed 3 boat trailer cables, pieces no longer than 4". Ate the numberplate holders(and plates) off my truck, and the mud flaps....
When it grew up all that stopped.
Then he just wanted to eat strangers, which was fine.
Died at 14 years of age and I've missed the big lug for 7 years now and can't replace him..............................

 

At least you found the stuff. My border collie puppy consumes everything.

 

You are most correct, beagles need A LOT of attention. She's not a puppy anymore. We got her when she was a tiny puppy 2 years ago. Since then she pretty much everything in her path, nonstop.
I hrew up with hounds and they need tons of discipline. My wife is too much of a softy.
We are a multidog family and getting ready to get another one.
thanks for sharing about your old friend. when you have a special one, they stay with you always.

 

You need to take it hunting, that is what they are bred for. I had a beagle once, lovely dog, butter wouldn't melt in its mouth but everything else did (especially fond of sprinkler systems). She died at 7 years from possible snake bite unfortunately.

 

We have cats, Birman cats, they will hunt down and destroy anything made of wool.

Dirty, smelly old socks in the laundry basket? Yep, fair game for them.

Expensive Merino tops that my wife owns? Yep, they'll do that too.

Anything made of wool (that they can get their hands on) ends up looking like it has been passed through a lawnmower.

Oh Well, at least they have a hobby.

 

Yeah, it's funny the beagle will absolutely devour anything and everything in site. She has a tons of her own chew toys which she demolishes but she is happiest when she is eating something she knows she's not supposed to have. She has good tastes as the more expensive the item is, the more apt she is to eat it.
Our house kind of looks like a home from a mobster movie where they have guns of various sorts and sizes tucked away everywhere in the house. The only difference is our guns are squirt guns. She hates being squirted so that is the best form of punishment we've found so far.

 

I have a friend who's dachshund eats his wife's underwear

 

Apparently, that's just a matter of training.

 

Last spring we tore out some old carpeting replaced it with those vinyl self adhering squares. I worked my butt off getting it just right, to the point of using a roller to make sure everything was down and all the seams were perfect.

I woke up the next morning to about a half dozen of them somehow pried up and chewed into a bazillion pieces. Good times, good times.