I'm currently doing research into different dog breeds, especially the beagle, as I hope for a new puppy companion in the next year. Compared to other similarly priced and marketed books, this has got to be the worst. VERY generic pet care information with little to no breed-specific information. There is supposedly a 'new' section in the back of the book called "living with a beagle" or something of that sort, which I turned to in the hopes it would flesh out more breed particularities. Ha! Not at all. Do yourself a favor and get something else- I was nicely surprised by the Dummies Guide to Beagles!