For my dog: group obedience of one on one
Every dog is an individual though. So maybe your Beagle will stay around. I am not willing to take the chance with mine since I am less than a block from a major street and TWO HIGHWAYS.
Beagles are not supposed to be great watch dogs either, but mine is. She is quiet, not a normal beagle trait, and she pays very close attention to everything. She is also incredibly keen at telling the difference between events that are no big deal and things that she needs to alert us to. If she barks her alert bark, we ALL take notice because it means she sees something that isn't right. That's not really the norm for Beagles.
My BIGGEST advice beyond a professional trainer is to check on breed specifc Beagle information. Very little of my 30+ years of intense dog interaction prepared me for how Beagle's can be amazingly stuborn and incredibly submissive at the same time. Hounds are not bred to stick around and be companions, guards, or lap dogs. They are born trackers and hunters, it is what they live for so you have to keep that in mind too.
I had my first dog for 16 years, miss him a LOT. I am an only child, so my first dog was like my brother and best friend. I have two large breed dogs that no longer live with me now, one is 16, and the one is around 5 (pound rescue) both are still very much MY dogs. My female Beagle lives with me and she is about 4 and I have raised her from a pup.
Caution: Beagle's are cute, and they know how to use it!
Good Luck :o)
Either is good but only as good as the instructor-Petsmart has a good Training program which is done in the store. Do Not let a trainer act Rough with her or Use a Choke Leash-NEVER. I "m sure your dog is avery good dog and loving dog(mot dogs are-love) but seemsto be its the human who have to be educated and trained on how to teach/train their dog.Its a dogs nature to want to please so when you give her the treat do you also pet her and say good dog?Actually this is more important than the treat. The Dog Whisperer is a very Good Trainer-has a TV show on the Animal Planet and has Dvd for sale. You may want to watch his show and contact his show for goes all over the US and into peoples home to teach how to train their dogs and he does wonders in very little time The fact that she lets you eat her food out of her bowl shows she has a sweet disposition but am puzzled for does not teach nor a dominant trait-dogs share food--now where you to growl at her and not let her eat .would not really serve a purpose for in the home not a pack surviving in the wild. Anyhow-good luck
Speaking as someone who has trained and taught obedience for 43 years, the one-on-one approach is much more effective for assessment of the problems in handling and teaching between you and the dog.
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