What is a foot beagle?

Answer 1

there! It appears to me that a foot beagle refers to hunting beagles, and it seems that the term is generally used when referring to a group of beagles that hunt in packs.

Another person asked this question on a forum, and a responder said that foot beagles were bred for hunting.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055424686

An excerpt from the book "The Dogs of the British Isles" by J.H. Walsh lists a few of the breeding requirements of foot beagles.

http://chestofbooks.com/animals/dogs/British-Dogs-2/The-Beagle.html

I have found several websites of hunting clubs that use the name foot beagles, such as

the Isle of Wight Foot Beagles

http://www.amhb.org.uk/

I hope I helped a little bit!

Update:

Foot Beagles are smaller

Hound beagles are larger and used in hunting

Image: http://www.ronancrowley.com/images/IMAG0037.jpg

Smaller darker one is the Foot Beagle, Lighter and larger one is the hound beagle