Katie is definately pure bred. Her pups are another story- after twisting my daughters arm (not literally), she admitted to taking Katie down the road when she was in heat and letting her get pregnant by a neighbors coppernose cause she wanted puppies! But, a week later, Katie was tied out for a bit, and a neighbor who lets thier dogs run, let out thier mutt, and so- apparently, we have 2 litters in one. I was reading in my book on beagles, and talked to the breeder I got Katie from 2 years ago, that they can be pregnant by several males, thus- resulting in multi-fathered/multi litters being born at one time. So, out of 6- we have 4 lookin like pure beagle, 2 are coppernose, 2 are tri- but one of them I am thinkin may actually end up as a blue tick. The other 2 pups, one is white- with a few tan lookin markings, and the other is a medium brown. I think we got 4 out of the beagle my daughter bred her to, and 2 out of the neighbors mutt. Initially, Katie was suppose to be bred to a male coppernose that I chose because he has good blood lines- thanks to my daughter and neighbors, it is now a loss of $250 cash for breeding to that male I chose- but they have agreed to let us try again later should I choose to.

At this point, I have not decided on if I am gonna breed Katie again, the planned breeding was to be the first and only litter I would get out of her. As for the pup, I am not going to breed her- but she is a pretty pup, and she is gonna be a great hunter like her Mama. With Katie alone, we run a minimum of 4 rabbits in a 6 hour span, and a minimum of 6 squirrel in a 5 hour span, depending on what we are after. With her pup- we should do even better.

I am rather picky about my dogs, especially if they are hunting dogs. So, I have watched this litter from day one since my hubby wanted to keep one, I am final say around here when it comes to choosing dogs. I was hoping one of the coppernose babies would show signs of being promising for hunting, but the one that does is pretty nice and I am happy with that. Eventually, the one we keep will be spayed, when she is old enough. As for Katie- I have not totally decided on what I want to do.