Beagles are a mixed bag.  

Aww, I'm glad you love him so much. I have two beagles right now. Remember that every dog is individual. Our first beagle took only about 2 weeks to housetrain, but someone was home with him all the time to take him out. The two we have now took a couple of months. I think that is due in part to having two of them (they have to go potty at different times, and it's harder to keep an eye on both of them than just one). And yes they do bark when they hear someone outside. But they are such little lovers. Really wonderful dogs.

On a bit of a seperate topic, I got a kitten a few months ago. Cats are supposed to instinctively know how to use the litterbox; they don't need to be trained. Well after a few weeks, he decided to start peeing outside the litterbox. Since we have the two dogs, I had been closing him in my bedroom at night, not wanting to put them together unsupervised just yet. Well it took me a few days to realize that he didn't like being seperated from his new "friends" and that was the cause for the innappropriate urination. As soon as I stopped closing him in, the peeing outside the litterbox stopped. As annoying as this experience was, I have to say I think I have a pretty smart cat!

i liked and still like peanuts. i also like terriers like wishbone and eddie in frasier because i prefer small, short-haired dogs. having a pet is like raising a child. you tend to smile and shake your head and sigh all the time. :)

I love beagles to. i have 2 females, the mother and her daughter.
Laika, the mother had 2 pupies and i kept one and my sister adopted the other one so they still play allot together.

They have there own ways, laika always sleeps on the bed but Indy sleeps on the floor.
Dont know why, she just does that.

I could not imagine a life whitout my 2 beagles, they dont listen, always do wath they want to do but i love them. they are the best dogs ever.

hope you have lots of fun with him