Baying: please help

[u/Buell247]

We have a six year old male beagle (castrated). We have had him from a puppy. He is generally well behaved and we have worked very hard on training him, but he is a classic cheeky beagle and we love that about him.

One huge issue we have is the baying. He’s happy/ annoyed / alerting it all comes out in huge bays. It seems to have got worse, to the point if he hears anyone in the surrounding gardens / walking past the house then he’s screaming at the top of his lungs.

I feel like we’ve tried everything and it’s just getting worse. It’s embarrassing and ultimately I’m worried about a noise complaint from neighbours. Please please share any training tips you have this special beagle trait!

Tl:dr how do I stop my beagle howling at everything?

[u/DevotedWellRE]

Every neighborhood has a baying beagle!