well i purchased a female beagle when she was 8 weeks old.Let her out in the yard 2 months after i had her and came back out to get her and she was gone,someone stole her.Well about 1.5 later i was driving by my nieghbors house and looked in there yard and there she was and i knew it was her because when i got to her she had the same knot on her belly and she had the same markings around her eyes.Well i pulled up and got her and took her home and every time i would try to contact my neighbors they would avoid me.But any way i took her out and started training her and she turned out to be a great rabbit dog.And they kept her as a house dog the whole time.to say the least she is spoiled,but i would not trade her for the world.GOOD LUCK