Laneline - Hunting Beagle History & Informational Site

Born and raised in Northern Ohio in  1969 & 1964, my brother "Joe Lane" and myself "Jim Lane" were born and raised with rabbit hunting and beagling as part of our everyday life. Our Dad "JimBob Lane" from Shrewsbury, WV was born in 1938 and got his first beagle "Brownie" at the age of 12, and he continued to rabbit hunt until he passed in 1983. For years we have strived to maintain dogs that bring the rabbit to the gun as fast as possible with no losses, babbling or mistakes, being close on the line and with extreme hunt in all conditions. No excuses, no exceptions. Our dogs derive from the pure grit, desire, hunt and jumping ability from the “Rabbit Machine That Couldn’t Be Stopped” Dingus MacRae line and the brains, line control and nose from the “Ole Funnel Nose” Yellow Creek line and with the influence of the hard driving, “run to catch” of the Indian Hills and Gay Baker, then line breed, line breed and line breed, we thought we would come up with the “perfect” dog. We don’t claim to have that perfect dog yet, but we sure are trying and we are pleased with what we have. We prefer our pedigrees to appear “high quality” with as much “red ink” as possible, but we “first and foremost” demand that our dogs do it right and have what it takes to get the job done.