Of course, throughout Zach's life, we never faulted him, faulted his breeder and lamented his short end of the stick. The moral of the story is that we should not have been so eager to bring home the first beagle we met and should have been more wary and inquisitive about his background. Research the breed. And, interview breeders and be prepared to walk away. We probably should have.
Beagles are nice dogs, but they are called hounds because that is what they do, they hunt.
That means they will run for days on a scent, forget where they live, and disregard everything except finding the scent. If you want a lap dog, look elsewhere. If you want to hunt and tramp through woods, get a Beagle.