dustin, that's awesome, and getting rescues is the way to go. We wanted a certain type and they didn't have one near me at the time, but my borther has resues and my next will be a rescue no matter what. Anything mixed with a beagle is going to be whole-heartedly loyal, and if they start howling, you'll definitely know when the beagle comes out. Ours (Tucker) will bark normally, then suddently switch to beagle mode and howl like crazy if he gets too excited. Beagle mixes just have these eyes that are tough to be mad at for too long. Good job dustin, i'll be expecting him to slum around the shop with you when we come over this summer.... (everyone's doing it, so i'm shamelessly putting my beagle mix up too)