Hey I know how much fun you can have running beagles my dog died when he was 21 and I haven't a rabbit dog one since then sure miss it alot hope one day I can get back to the sport.
I hunt small game with Dachshunds & let me tell you,they have to be stopped from running themselves to death.As long as they smell squirrels or rabbits,they want to run after them until I have to carry them back to the truck,along with the guns or other hunting implement. And,yes,it is a struggle to get the rabbit from the dog to put it in my vest. They want to continue to claim the kill.