Desert Dawg Beagles
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Ch. Desert Dawg Blue Agave "Blue"
 
We plan to breed Ch. Blue one last time. She will be bred to
 BISS Ch. Ha-Penny's Too Much Trouble.
Please contact us for information on this litter. We expect the puppies to be ready to go home in November, 2010. 
  
Desert Dawg Beagles
The result of more than 40 years of breeding and showing experience!
 
 "At the tender age of 5 years, Sue Sammarco (owner of Desert Dawg Beagles) started training dogs by organizing the neighborhood dogs into a circus troupe every day at 9 a.m. By the age of 9 years, she had read every dog book in her local library and was invited to begin to explore the adult shelves of fiction and non-fiction books. When she was 11 years, she started showing the family's new Basset Hound and the rest is now history. A lifelong love that has involved competitive handling of many different breeds of dogs and is culminating with the breeding and showing of Beagles!"
 
(To learn more about my start in Basset Hounds and see other breeds I am handling,
 check out "Recent Wins-In the Ring with Other Breeds")
 
   One of the truths you learn over the years is that to breed a good dog, you have to start with the best stock you can buy. After watching the Beagle ring for a number of years while I showed Newfoundlands, the breeder I came to admire for consistency, temperament, and ring presence was Julie Wright and her Just-Wright Beagles. When I was ready to scale down and show a smaller breed, I contacted Julie who sold me a young male, Just-Wright The Natural, who finished his championship as an owner/handled dog. Later, she sold me Just-Wright Hot Tamale, who also finished her championship as an owner/handled bitch. These two lovely dogs were the foundation for my breeding stock. When bred, they too produced champions, and I knew that my decision to purchase the two dogs was sound.
 
   Showing Beagles is great fun because so many breeders and owners are also the handlers of their dogs in the show ring. Like their beloved hounds, Beaglers enjoy supporting one another and cheering for a friend's hound. Beagles are easy to maintain, easy to prepare for the show ring, and more fun than a barrel of laughs in multiples. They are a pack breed. If you want a Beagle, just one, you are his pack! They are not a breed that you can throw outside and expect them to be happy.
 

    We love helping people find just the right Beagle for their family. Even if you don't want to show Beagles, we still want to talk to you because we might have a Beagle that is just right for you! Not all of our Beagles are show dogs and sometimes, we have dogs that have completed their careers and need a wonderful, loving forever home!

 

   We raise 15" Beagles in a variety of colors. Most of our dogs come in black, tan, and white but we also have red & whites, and occassionally, blue, tan, and white. All of our puppies have at least one shot and one worming before they go to new homes at 9-10 weeks of age. All litters have been registered with the AKC and all puppies have AKC registration papers and pedigrees as well as a booklet of information for the care of your new dog.

 

   We strongly encourage crate training for ALL Beagles. A family who uses crates for their Beagles will be a family who loves their Beagles! 

 

 If you want to learn more about Beagles, just call: 928-999-1075!


Expertise Counts

Because I have been involved with dogs all my life, I know the importance of participating in dog clubs to help support our great sport. These are the clubs with which I am presently involved:
 
Phoenix Arizona Beagle Club
president-2007
member since 2001
 
National Beagle Club
member since 2001

Prescott Kennel Club
member-2007
Secretary
(2009-2010)
 

Professionally I am the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Yavapai College and also, the co-pastor of the World Fellowship Church in Cottonwood, Arizona. Life has been good to me and I enjoy the opportunity to share that goodness with others through my dog activities!

 

How to Navigate this Web Site

 

We built this site to give you information on our Beagles in the ring, at home and at all ages.

 

To learn more about our "Girls", "Boys", and "Puppies" click on "About Us" and then on the section you want to visit. To learn about planned, upcoming litters, click on "Girls". For answers to your frequently asked questions, click on that heading under "About Us". 

 

To see our most recent wins, click on "Recent Wins" and then on to "Recent Wins" which will take you to all breed wins under  "Recent Wins" or to Beagle Specialty Show wins under "Specialty Wins".

 

To see candid Beagle shots at home, click on "Recent Wins" then on "Just Beagles" for home and kennel shots or on "Just Beagles at the Show" to see candid dog show shots. 

 

 

Under "Recent Wins" you can also access a win photos with other breeds and a history of my past 40+ years in dogs. Click on "In the Ring with Other Breeds".

 

You can click on my email address on any page to send me a message or go to "Contact" to send a message. I am happy to return a phone call if you don't catch me at home so please feel free to call too!

 

 

Desert Dawg Beagles

Dr. Susan D. Sammarco
Victor Sammarco
928-999-1075
P.O. Box 195
Dewey, AZ   86327
 
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