Papeagle

The Papeagle hybrid is a mix of the Papillon and the Beagle.  There is little history about the hybrid itself available at this time, but there is plenty of breed information available on the parent breeds.  So, in order to get a "total" picture of the hybrid, we will need to look at the histories of each parent breed.  The Papillon is a breed whose history is shrouded in mystery, mostly perhaps due to the lack of documented records for most dogs originating in China. There are a couple of theories about the Papillon's heritage...some believing that Asian toy dog breeds, like the Japanese Chin, are in its ancestry...with others believing that breeds from the Far East were not brought into play but instead the reduction in size of the Papillon came from the breeding of the smallest dogs of the breed together.  Whether you subscribe to one theory of breeding or the other, it matters not.  What matters is that the Papillon of today is the product of breeding of the tiny Continental Toy Spaniels and Dwarf Spaniels, being traced back beyond the 1200's in artistic depictions of the times.  Great artists like Titian, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt, Fraggonard, Watteau and others depicted these tiny treasures sitting on the laps of the ladies of the royal, rich and famous. Even Marie Antoinette was a proud lover and owner of the Papillon.  It seems that France, Spain and Italy all have had a hand in promoting the breed to its current level of popularity.  The breeds original purpose seems to have been purely for companionship, a purpose and function which it expertly fills today. The Papillon of today is noted for its erect, fringed ear set but the ears weren't always like that.  In the beginning, the ears were dropped and the breed was called "Phalene".  That name continues today as a type of Papillon with the "Papillon" moniker being given to the variety with the "butterfly" erect, fringed ear set.  The Papillon came to England in 1901 and was recognized by the Kennel Club in 1923 and by the American Kennel Club in 1935, though it was admitted for registration as early as 1915 in the AKC.  The Beagle is a breed whose date of origination is clouded as well.  It is believed that predecessors called white hounds have been traced back to the days of King Arthur.  While there is a bit of disagreement in this theory, most will agree that there is some hound in the ancestry of the Beagle, some being sight hounds who hunt specifically by sight and others being true hounds who hunt specifically by scent. In all of this breed mixing over the centuries, the Beagle is now and has always fallen into the scent hound category.  Originating in the United Kingdom, their scent-hunting abilities have been valued by the British hunters for centuries.  Even the hunters in the early years of the American deep South utilized this breed and similar breeds for their scent hunting abilities. The Beagle breed was recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1885, having called them "curious and comedic" and citing that they frequently follow their noses into all kinds of mischief. The Papeagle hybrid itself is recognized by the following organizations:  Designer Breed Registry and the International Designer Canine Registry.