Beagle
Beagles have a somewhat oval skull; a medium-length, square-cut muzzle;
large, hound-like hazel or brown eyes; long, low-set ears (big), turning towards
the cheeks slightly and rounded at the tips; a medium-length, strong neck
without folds in the skin; a broad chest narrowing to a tapered abdomen and
waist; a short, slightly curved tail; an overall muscular body; and a
medium-length, smooth, hard coat. One standard calls for ideally shaped beagles
to be twice as long as tall, and twice as tall as wide.
They appear in a range of colors, not limited to the familiar tricolor (white
with large black and light brown spots). Two-color varieties are always white
with colored areas, including such colors as "lemon", a very light tan; "red", a
reddish, almost orange-ish brown; "liver", a darker brown, is the only
color not
allowed. "Ticked" varieties may be either white or black with different colored
spots ("ticking"), such as the bluetick beagle, which has spots that appear to
be a midnight-blue color, similar to the bluetick coonhound. Some tricolor
beagles also have ticking of various colors in their white areas. The brown is
usually the last color to appear on beagles, usually taking 1-2 years to fully
develop. Beagles typically have a white-tipped tail, or "flag", which is
important in locating them in the field due to their short height.
Also see Snoopy.