Bloodhound for house pet

Not me, but my cousin had one that was a very good dog (best I could tell). I'm not sure what kind of health problems they have, but his died at an early age unexpectantly.

i've had two

the best friend you can ever have, but be warned it's like having a roommate. she is going to do what she wants to do when she wants to do it, and correction is a sore subject (they are extremely sensitive).

do it. i wish i had my girl back every day

Most people who are serious about blood trailing dogs want nothing to do with a bloodhound. For a part-time blood trailing dog, assuming you don't want to do it for the public, and a house pet, it's hard to beat an English Lab.

I had a bloodhound. Loved it. But not in a million years would it have stayed a house dog. He went outside at 3 months old and never came back in. Great dogs and loyal as they come. Mine was a blood dog and a dang good one. Biggest problem he had was that is nose was so good he would get on old scent from another deer sometimes and loose blood. A lot of that was probably my fault as that was the first tracking dog I had and didn't do a very good job breaking his bad habits. He found two tracks nearly a mile in length with little to no blood most of the way. It was impressive to watch when he figured it out.
Man I miss that dog!

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For what you want, it's a horrible choice.

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This is the correct answer. I love my dog but I’m not a hunter so he’s just a house pet.

Hard to train even though I spend a lot of time with him.

My American Bulldog was easy. So was the wiener dog compared to the bloodhound.

That’s bad.

People really need to stop buying dogs because they think they look cool or t because it’s the cool thing to do, and start paying more attention to exactly what the breed can offer them and their families

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People really need to stop buying dogs because they think they look cool or t because it’s the cool thing to do, and start paying more attention to exactly what the breed can offer them and their families

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Yeah most people need an English bull dog ,, I think they sleep like 20hrs a day!!
Burns me up when I hear someone complain that the dog is (howling, digging, chasing, or killing stuff) and then you tell them that didn’t you know that’s what they were bred to do?!!

I'll say that doesn't apply to my beagles.

Hey looky there! She's looking great

I’ve had 2 bloodhounds and wouldn’t think they’d make good house pets . My 1st one was a female named Scarlet that was as sweet as she could be. She liked to play games with cars going down the driveway and cut too close one day and got run over.
My next one was awesome. He could track a deer and didn’t want yo let it go once he found it. He’d wanted to the neighbors to visit and was known by everyone around here. He was huge but would try get in your lap if you were sitting outside. Just a big baby . He just disappeared one day. We think someone took him as he was very friendly and trusting.
They are great dogs but more of a bull in a china cabinet. They just go where they want to go and knock over things in their way. Also, the hound dog smell can be strong at times. You can bathe them and the smell just stays.