Positively Dog Training - The Official Victoria Stilwell Podcast
Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 13 segments
In the world of animal behavior, many of us strive to understand our furry companions better. But how does the act of writing about our experiences with them transform our understanding? In this…
Patricia McConnellGuest
Victoria StilwellHost[upbeat music] Okay, I'm back with the fabulous Patricia McConnell, and we're now gonna talk about something that's really been really hard, the Richland beagles.
And recently, very recently, 1,500 of these beagles from Richland Farms, which is a facility that sells dogs for biomedical research, and they also do research on the farm, but they sell it to other biomedical facilities to do medical research on these dogs.
Why is it beagles? Because of their cooperative, relatively docile temperament, um, these dogs are used for this research.
Anyway, numerous violations, and it gets to the point where Richland Farms, who fights all of these accusations of-
Not give up, I should say sell 1,500 of the beagles to various rescue groups.
And then from July the 1st, they are prohibited or have agreed not to sell dogs to other biomedical research facilities.
But there are still 500 dogs at Richland Farms that can be used for their own research, even though there were numerous violations.
[upbeat music] Okay, I'm back with the fabulous Patricia McConnell, and we're now gonna talk about something that's really been really hard, the Richland beagles.
And recently, very recently, 1,500 of these beagles from Richland Farms, which is a facility that sells dogs for biomedical research, and they also do research on the farm, but they sell it to other biomedical facilities to do medical research on these dogs.
Why is it beagles? Because of their cooperative, relatively docile temperament, um, these dogs are used for this research.
Anyway, numerous violations, and it gets to the point where Richland Farms, who fights all of these accusations of-
Not give up, I should say sell 1,500 of the beagles to various rescue groups.
And then from July the 1st, they are prohibited or have agreed not to sell dogs to other biomedical research facilities.
But there are still 500 dogs at Richland Farms that can be used for their own research, even though there were numerous violations.
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