Beagle Boston Terrier Mix

Those of you who have dreamed about having a Boston Terrier and a Beagle as pets but couldn't do so due to some reason, here is good news for you! You can get a combination of both, the Boston Terrier and the Beagle, which is popularly called Boglen Terrier. A shorter name for this breed is the Boggle. So, 'boggled' up already? Or are you in the state of knowing more about the characteristics of your favorite pet. Here are a few facts about this mix breed. Below I have provided the information about the Boggle that I have found to be interesting. You can compare the two purebred parents yourself and know more about their mix.

Physical Appearance
This is an officially registered designer dog that is obtained after crossing two purebreds namely, the Beagle and the Boston Terrier. The looks of the Boglen Terrier are more bent towards the Boston Terrier parent i.e. most commonly you will see that a Boglen Terrier has the squarish face and pointed ears like that of the Boston Terrier breed. Since both, the Boston Terrier and the Beagle have a color-patched body, the Boglen Terrier is bound to inherit that trait from both its parents however, the pattern may differ from one Boggle to another.

Mental Ability
Aren't you curious to know from which of its parent does the Boggle get its 'unboggled' state of mind? To answer any questions regarding the smartness of this mix dog breed, let me brief you with some of its intelligence traits. The Boglen Terriers, claimed by their owners, are said to be active, smart and quick. They can be trained easily and are good chasers. As you know, the Boston Terrier breed has an average obedience or intelligence quality, it is capable of retaining instructions after 25 - 40 repetitions and obeys any single instruction given once at least 50% of the times. In contrast to the Boston Terrier, the Beagle ranks amongst the bottom ten when it comes to intelligence or obedience factor, needs 80 to 100 or more repetitions and obeys an instruction only 25% times or less. So, needless to say that, the Boglen Terrier inherits the qualities of dog obedience and intelligence from the Boston Terrier parent.

Temperament
If you are feeling disappointed that the Boggle inherits so many of its traits from the Boston Terrier parent, here is some good news for you. They are extremely friendly dogs (both the parents are) but the Beagle trait that it inherits is the playfulness with children. Boston terriers have to be trained to be non-hostile to children and other beings whereas this nature comes naturally to a Beagle. The same is observed with a Boggle; they are excellent with kids, love to lick, snuggle up and play, all without any non-hostility training, just like the Beagle parent. A negative trait that the Boggle might have picked up from the Beagle parent is, the sense of smell. Like the Beagle gets easily distracted by the surrounding smells and cannot track down a single one, the Boggle is also not very good at sniffing and tracking activities (some may not agree to this). Again, resembling the Boston Terrier parent, the Boglen Terrier does not bark unnecessarily due to its confident and daring nature.

Do not get disheartened if you feel that the Boggle, is over influenced by the Boston Terrier parent. If you observe closely, you will find that it has mostly inherited all the positive characteristics from both the parents, with a few exceptions. Nevertheless, once you meet this dog you are sure to fall in love with him.