Pacing and barking

Leyla_B: It sounds as though your beagle is food motivated. I would try to train him to lay on a rug or mat while you are eating. He does not understand “sushing” or telling him to “calm”, dogs do not understand english. Train him that laying on a rug by giving him small treats while being calm on a rug will get him what he wants which is food. Delay the treats the longer he lays there. Read Pat Miller’s book “Positive Perspectives” for how to train using positive reinforcement. You can rid yourself of a lot of issues. We taught our beagle to bring our laundry from the bedroom to the laundry room and taught her to find a vanilla scented tennis ball after she went blind in her later years. She became a Therapy Dog using all positive reinforcement. I also trained our beagle not to howl while scenting which was a very hard thing to do. Reward him for calm behavior. Every time he is in a calm state give him a small treat and tell him he is a good boy. He will soon figure out that being calm will get him something good. Dogs do what works for them. You may have inadvertently been rewarding him for pacing and barking.