I knew a guy that had a Beagle he let run loose. He never fed the dog but the dog kept getting fatter. Turns out ALL of the neighbors were feeding him.
We have a Beagle and they can gain weight rapidly! He’s on half-rations for the winter months, now that he’s not out hunting Wascally Wabbits for hours at a time. We live on a farm - not near any roads; he knows our land like the back of his paw, LOL!
As for Lucy - she’s definitely got Beagle in her. Looks like a Beagle/ Treeing Walker Coon Hound mix.
“Turns out ALL of the neighbors were feeding him.”
The neighbors of my grandma had a beagle. He had a route to get fed by all the neighbors. My grandma would fry up hamburger for him because she felt sorry for him. His stomach dragged on the ground. He died an early death and it wasn’t from starvation.
I knew a guy who had beagles, and he once said to me:
“You know why God made Beagles so damned cute? So you won’t f**king kill them!”
I suspect that is so true. Adorable dogs, but...man, they have a LOT of idiosyncrasies, roaming, baying, and seeming OCD behavior...
But darn, they are cute. My wife saw someone walking a beagle pup the other day, and nearly went off the road distracted by the cute factor!
Neighborhood dog, much like neighborhood cats. They know how to take advantage of humans, lol
There are thousands of these dogs in Virginia. The local use them for hunting in packs and many simply don’t return home. There are boxes on many rural roads where you can put these dogs when they show up at your door.
Sounds like my cheap Mexican neighbor who lets his dogs run the neighborhood. He’s so bad he only feeds his cows every 3 days. Of course I feed them hay sweepings from the barn floor.