Our journey into Beagles began in 1993 when our daughter Stacey came home from school announcing she would like to show dogs instead of getting into sports at school or community leagues.
Thus the search was on for the breed that would fit us. After weeks of going through
AKC’s The Complete Dog Book on breed standards we narrowed our search to six
breeds.
We spent the next several months at local dog shows investigating the breeds talking
to owners, breeders and handlers. In only a few shows we knew that Beagle would
soon be a big part of our life.
As the search began Stacey was able to get a rescue Cairn Terrier from a friend to
start in the Junior Showmanship ring. After a couple wrong starts in Beagles we were
blessed to get Bayou Oaks Frostbite, AKA Frankie. We’re sure it was short for
Frankenstein. With her we knew we were hooked for life and so the next leg of our
journey began.
