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Introduction | |
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About This Book | |
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Conventions Used in This Book | |
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What You're Not to Read | |
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Foolish Assumptions | |
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How This Book Is Organized | |
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Getting to Know Beagles | |
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Starting Life with Your Beagle | |
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Caring for Your Beagle | |
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Training Your Beagle | |
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The Part of Tens | |
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Icons Used in This Book | |
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Where to Go from Here | |
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Getting to Know Beagles | |
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Beagles and You: Made for Each Other? | |
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Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog | |
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The Beagle's Bill of Rights | |
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Lots of love | |
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Safe shelter | |
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Food, glorious food | |
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Room to run (preferably with you) | |
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A touch of class(es) | |
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Great health care | |
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Good grooming | |
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Why Beagles Are Wonderful | |
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Buyer's Remorse: Why a Beagle May Not Be Your Dream Dog | |
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What to Ask Yourself | |
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Why do I want a Beagle? | |
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Do I have commitment issues? | |
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Is my home good for a Beagle? | |
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Can I afford a Beagle? | |
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A Final Thought | |
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The Incredible, Lovable Beagle | |
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Mommy, Where Do Beagles Come From? | |
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The Official Beagle Blueprint | |
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General appearance | |
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Specific parts | |
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Why the World Loves Beagles...But | |
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Nobody's Perfect | |
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Gonna Find Me a Beagle | |
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Good Places to Look | |
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A matter of breeding | |
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Gimme shelter | |
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Rescue me! | |
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Just Say No: Poor Places to Look | |
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Classified newspaper ads | |
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Backyard breeders | |
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Pet stores | |
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Proceed with Caution: Adopting from the Internet | |
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Choosing Your Beagle Soul Mate | |
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Narrowing Your Choices | |
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Male or female? | |
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Field dog, show dog, or pet? | |
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Puppy or adult? | |
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Double your pleasure, double your fun? Maybe not | |
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Selecting a Puppy | |
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Selecting an Adult Beagle | |
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Pushing Papers | |
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Buyer or adoption contract | |
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AKC papers | |
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Health clearances | |
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Care instructions | |
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Homeward Bound? Maybe Not | |
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Starting Life with Your Beagle | |
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Preparing for Your Beagle's Arrival | |
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Choosing a Veterinarian | |
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Shopping for Beagle Basics | |
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Repeat after me: Crates aren't cruel, crates aren't cruel | |
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Borrowing from baby: Gates and pens | |
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Picking out dishes | |
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Chowtime! | |
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This Beagle's made for walkin': Collars and leashes | |
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Grooming gear | |
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Clean-up equipment | |
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Extra comforts of home | |
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Designating Beagle Spaces in Your Home | |
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The Beagle boudoir | |
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The doggy dining area | |
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The Beagle bathroom | |
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The Beagle hangout zone | |
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No-Beagles zones | |
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Beagle-Proofing Your Home and Yard | |
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Securing the perimeter | |
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Conducting a sweep | |
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Planning Mayhem Management | |
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Welcoming Your Beagle Home | |
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Picking Up Your Beagle | |
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What (and whom) to bring | |
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Receiving the necessary papers | |
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From there to here: The trip home | |
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We're Here! Arriving Home | |
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First things first: A potty break | |
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Checking out the new digs | |
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Meeting the rest of the pack | |
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Introducing (or re-introducing) the crate | |
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Surviving the First Night | |
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Keep your Beagle with you | |
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...But keep your bed to yourself | |
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Play some (not so) funky music | |
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Use your hands | |
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Have your shoes ready | |
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Be patient | |
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Beginning a Beautiful Friendship | |
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Bonding with Your Beagle | |
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Jump-starting the bonding process | |
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Getting a new leash (and collar) on life | |
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Visiting the Vet: The First Exam | |
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Starting Daily Routines | |
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Divining a dining schedule | |
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Pacing potty breaks | |
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Playing around | |
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Setting snoozing cycles | |
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Glamming it up | |
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Socializing Your Beagle | |
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Exploring the home front and beyond | |
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Easing a fearful adult dog into the big, bad world | |
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Fighting the Fear Factor | |
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Taming the monsters: Vacuum cleaners and blow-dryers | |
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Learning to love car rides | |
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Dealing with stairways and doorways | |
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Carina for Your Beagle | |
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Feeding Your Beagle | |
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What a Dog Wants...What a Dog Needs | |
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Choosing Your Beagle's Chow | |
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Store-bought and savory | |
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Homemade and delicious | |
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To Barf or not to Barf? Feeding a raw food diet | |
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But is your chow of choice good for her? | |
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Making the switch | |
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Getting the Skinny about Your Hound's Pounds | |
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Slimming the portly pooch | |
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Picky, picky, picky | |
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Attending to Ambience | |
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Treating Your Beagle Right | |
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Selecting scrumptious snacks | |
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Keeping calories under control | |
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Avoiding Dangerous Dining | |
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Your Beagle's Drinking Habits | |
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Getting Physical: Exercising Your Beagle | |
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Keep Him Moving, Keep Yourself Happy | |
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Trying Everyday Exercises | |
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Walk on the wild side | |
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Jog your memory (or at least your feet) | |
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Get in the swim | |
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Great Sports for You and Your Beagle | |
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Goin' to the show | |
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Stay the (agility) course | |
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Fetch that flyball | |
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Opt for obedience | |
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Rally-ho! | |
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Dance with me: Canine freestyle | |
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Join the hunt: Field trials | |
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Get on the right track | |
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Adjusting for Age | |
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Sprucing Up Your Beagle | |
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Giving Her the Brush-off | |
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Establishing a No-Critter Zone | |
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Fighting those fleas | |
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Banishing those ticks | |
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Lather Up! Bathing Your Beagle | |
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From dirty dog to washed dog | |
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Defusing the Beagle stink bomb | |
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Tending to Eyes and Ears | |
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Cleaning the windows to the soul | |
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Wiping out the ears | |
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Brushing Those Pearlies | |
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Trimming the Tootsies | |
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Addressing Your Beagle's Bottom Line | |
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Winterizing Your Beagle | |
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Managing Your Beagle's Day-to-Day Health | |
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Working with Your Vet | |
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The wellness exam | |
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To immunize or not to immunize? | |
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Should your Beagle have babies? | |
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Can I See Your ID? | |
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Playing tag(s) | |
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Tattoo you | |
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A chip in the old (or not-so-old) Beagle | |
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Maintaining Good Health at Home | |
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Knowing what's normal | |
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Checking vital signs | |
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Stocking a first-aid kit | |
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Giving meds | |
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Dealing with Health Issues | |
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Treating Puppy Problems | |
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Cherry eye | |
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Chondrodysplasia | |
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Puppy pyoderma | |
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Handling Adult Health Challenges | |
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Allergies | |
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Dental problems | |
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Hypothyroidism | |
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Idiopathic epilepsy | |
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Intervertebral disc disease | |
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Easing Your Beagle's Golden Years | |
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Arthritis | |
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Cancer | |
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Cognitive dysfunction syndrome | |
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Diabetes | |
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My Beagle Is Sick! What Should I Do? | |
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Call the doggy ambulance | |
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Give your vet a heads-up | |
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Not to worry... | |
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Saying Goodbye to Your Beagle | |
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Traveling (or Not) with Your Beagle | |
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Taking Your Beagle with You | |
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Riding in cars (and trucks) with Beagles | |
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Leavin' on a jet plane | |
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Picking pet-friendly lodging | |
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Packing your Beagle's suitcase | |
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Leaving Your Beagle Home | |
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The friend option | |
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Picking a pet sitter | |
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What your pet sitter needs to know | |
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Boarding Your Beagle | |
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A little help from a friend | |
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Finding a boarding kennel | |
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Training Your Beagle | |
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Housetraining Your Beagle | |
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Going Indoors or Out? | |
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Indoor potty pro's and con's | |
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Outdoor potty pluses and minuses | |
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You gotta choose | |
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Getting in Gear | |
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Don't hate the crate | |
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Keeping things clean | |
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Other helpful items | |
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What you absolutely don't need | |
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Following Five Steps | |
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Create the den | |
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Pick a potty place | |
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Be vigilant | |
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Follow a schedule | |
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Be patient | |
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Addressing Accidents | |
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Catch her in the act | |
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Clean up without comment | |
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Troubleshoot the accident | |
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Declaring Victory | |
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Addressing Bathroom Issues | |
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She pees on her back | |
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He christens everything | |
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She strains to pee | |
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She pees all the time | |
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Schooling Your Beagle | |
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Decoding Your Beagle's SOP | |
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He lives by his nose | |
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He never feels guilty | |
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He loves you, but... | |
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He needs consistency | |
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He wants to learn | |
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Gearing Up for Training | |
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Accentuating the positive with the right reward | |
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Collar quandaries | |
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Leash options | |
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Teaching the Basics Yourself | |
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His name | |
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Sit | |
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Down | |
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Stay | |
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Recall | |
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Off | |
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Walking on leash | |
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Go to your place | |
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Enrolling Your Beagle in Obedience Class | |
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Rehabbing the Delinquent Beagle | |
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Solving Common Snoopy-dog Problems | |
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Huh? You talkin' to me? | |
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Putting the (play) bite on you | |
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Knocking that chip off her shoulder | |
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Taming the bouncy Beagle | |
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Loving you waaaay too much | |
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Helping the bashful Beagle | |
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Shushing the barking Beagle | |
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Keeping the wanderer home | |
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Teaching treat-taking manners | |
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Picking Experts' Brains | |
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Getting private lessons | |
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Trying day training | |
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Finding a Beagle shrink | |
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Reading your Beagle's mind | |
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The Part of Tens | |
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Ten Ways to Keep Your Beagle Healthy and Happy | |
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Find a Great Vet | |
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Give Her the Skinny | |
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Keep Her Moving | |
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Do Fence Her In | |
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Take Her to School | |
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Keep Her Pretty | |
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Be Proactive | |
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Trust Your Instincts | |
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Have a Sense of Humor | |
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Love, Love, Love | |
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Ten Mistakes You Don't Need to Make with Your Beagle | |
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Not Doing Your Homework | |
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Choosing Too Quickly | |
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Bypassing the Crate | |
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Expecting Housetraining to Be Easy | |
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Failing to Be Vigilant | |
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Thinking That Your Beagle Is a Person | |
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Doing Things on the Cheap | |
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Thinking That Your Beagle Can Train Himself | |
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Playing Doctor | |
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Thinking That You Are More Important Than Bunnies | |
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Ten Unique Beagle Occupations and Activities | |
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Keeping Out Forbidden Fruit (and Other Stuff) | |
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Shaming a President | |
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Inspiring Children | |
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Nailing the Red Baron | |
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Flying in (Way) Outer Space | |
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Comforting Other Dog Owners | |
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Knowing When to Mold 'Em | |
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Turning Out Termites | |
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Befriending the Famous | |
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Taking Us to Our Pasts | |
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Wanna Know More? | |
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Additional Resources | |
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Index | |