toypusher wrote:Gerald_G wrote:...........They both actually requested a second beagle, but
I can't figure out how one dog is going to train the other to be quiet ?...........

Beagles are pack dogs and when they are alone, they tend to be noiser and more destructive than they do if there is more than one!!
My beagle is actually neither noisy, nor destructive, but the kids think even a small noise it noisy. Fact is I can't often even get her to speak, when trying, and she is just learning to let us know at the back door, rather than just standing there and hoping someone wonders past and notices her. She is a rescue, and I think her previous owners trained the noise right out of her.
I am aware of beagles pack personallity, and have considered getting a second somedays, but other day, not so much. :-)