[Dailydrool] Is this a beagle?!?!?

[Esther Strom]

The ears do look a bit long for a beagle, but I don't think they're long 
enough for a top show basset. (They need to easily touch in front of the 
nose, if i recall correctly.)

That said, the editing of the captions left something to be desired 
("Shown here is are two German shepherds."), so it's entirely possible 
that it was misidentified.

Oh, and Waldo ATB frequently had people in our neighborhood stop and ask 
how my beagle got such a large head (he was about 70 lbs.) And Basil is 
frequently taken for a Doxie, because he's mostly black and on the small 
side for a basset.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On 2/13/12 2:41 PM, Brenda Waldrop wrote:
>
> So, my local news station had a Westminster slide show, pointing out 
> which groups of dogs have one how many times.  Slide 13 of 15 is of 
> the hound group, and the caption claims it's a Beagle.  Well, look at 
> those ears!  I could be wrong, but this looks like a basset hound to me.
>
> http://www.10news.com/slideshow/slideshows/30445198/detail.html?treets=sand&tid=2658598498813&tml=sand_12pm&tmi=sand_12pm_1_01150102132012&ts=H 
> <http://www.10news.com/slideshow/slideshows/30445198/detail.html?treets=sand&tid=2658598498813&tml=sand_12pm&tmi=sand_12pm_1_01150102132012&ts=H>
>
> Brenda- Momslave to Baxter, Elphaba, Copper (ATB) and Aeryn (ATB- who 
> at 98 lbs slim had a woman stop on the street once and say to her, 
> "Oh, you're the biggest beagle I've ever seen."
>