This is my first dog ever, and we picked our male beagle up yesterday from a very reputable breeder. I've want him to be an inside dog, and I am housebreaking him in an area in my fenced backyard.
The breeder gave us a book to read before we picked him up called The Beagle Handbook. I read it cover-to-cover twice already, but I still have a few questions.
1. My backyard has lots of grasshoppers around the fence and the dead ones are burrowed down under the grass. Mater has this insane ability to find them and put them in his mouth. I do my best to pull them out, but if he eats them will it cause problems? I don't him to get sick because of my inadequacies as a dog owner.
2. Are grass clipping bad too?
I'm sure there will be more questions in the future and these boards look like a great resource. Thanks in advance for any advice the board has.
The breeder gave us a book to read before we picked him up called The Beagle Handbook. I read it cover-to-cover twice already, but I still have a few questions.
1. My backyard has lots of grasshoppers around the fence and the dead ones are burrowed down under the grass. Mater has this insane ability to find them and put them in his mouth. I do my best to pull them out, but if he eats them will it cause problems? I don't him to get sick because of my inadequacies as a dog owner.
2. Are grass clipping bad too?
I'm sure there will be more questions in the future and these boards look like a great resource. Thanks in advance for any advice the board has.