According to their website, the Beagle Brigade is an informal social group of beagles and their "parents" that meets once a month at the Poway Community Dog Park at 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month. All beagles, beagle mixes and their family members are welcome.
They do a lot of good with finding loving parents for homeless beagles. And they have events like group walks with the beagles and free breakfasts for dog owners.
But what they don't tell you on their website is that they allow massive amounts of bullying. The people that run it unfortunately have shown themselves to be very power hungry and I've seen time and again the gal that guards the gate entrance, berate pet parents-for no good reason at all.
If that wasn't bad enough, they allow any other breed in as well, as long as it's from the same household as a beagle. So these big dogs come in and are allowed to gang up on the small dogs. Then they let huge packs of 10-20 beagles gang up on any one helpless victim of their choosing, while they sit by & do nothing. I've seen a poor beagle try to hide under a picnic table to get away from a pack of 20 power hungry dogs, only to no avail.
I've had to rescue a few while everyone sat by and stared. One slumped in my arms afterwards, he was shaking and shell-shocked.
I'd rather step in dog doody every day than to see these loving, helpless animals be allowed to be bullied like they are when going to meetings at the Beagle Brigade. read more