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re: Bloodhound for house pet
Posted on 5/23/23 at 8:28 am to bayoudude
Posted on 5/23/23 at 8:28 am to bayoudude
Ex gf had one which i was tasked with taking care of for the couple year duration of our relationship. They require a big yard/area to roam (hers was about 110 lbs). If they are kept locked up in a small yard or house, they will destroy everything. I mean everything. They will chew up everything in your house and/or dig holes big enough to bury a small body in. My backyard required almost 3 yards worth of sand to fill in everything where you wouldnt break your leg just walking in the back yard. Also, as previously mentioned, they smell like shite, even after a bath. So be prepared to bath them regularly. They also shed like crazy, so dog hair will be all over your house/floors/couches/bed if you let it inside They are not smart dogs at all and follow their nose. They are very nice and docile for the most part, just huge dogs that require a lot of space and attention. If you live anywhere close to the city i would strongly reconsider getting a bloodhound.
ETA: shits the size of a t-rex, so if you go walking and dont have a bag to pick up the shite, neighbors wont have to think hard about what dog it is from
ETA: shits the size of a t-rex, so if you go walking and dont have a bag to pick up the shite, neighbors wont have to think hard about what dog it is from
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 8:30 am
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Posted on 5/23/23 at 8:57 am to hubertcumberdale
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They are not smart dogs at all and follow their nose
They aren't dumb at all as a breed. They are just completely enslaved by their noses.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:23 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
yeah they definitely aren't "dumb." But they act more like "animals" than a lot of other dogs in my experience.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:28 am to bayoudude
worst for a house pet. Runs off constantly to tree coons, NEVER and I mean NEVER stops howling. Attached at the fricken hip, you leave him and he will howl until you get home (I am talking hours).
Sweet and good tempered but it comes with a price
Sweet and good tempered but it comes with a price
Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:31 am to bayoudude
they are good dogs. cam be nice and lazy for the house but trainable and work hard. Kind of the "dumber" side of the dog equation when it comes to training. Takes a little more effort and time with them. So house breaking and other things will need some patience.
good demeanors and gentle.
your neighbors will hate you now. hope you werent friend before
honestly if you mostly want a house pet and you are an inexperience dog owner/trainer.....there are better options.
good demeanors and gentle.
your neighbors will hate you now. hope you werent friend before
honestly if you mostly want a house pet and you are an inexperience dog owner/trainer.....there are better options.
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 9:33 am
Posted on 5/23/23 at 9:34 am to pdubya76
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He was huge but would try get in your lap if you were sitting outside. Just a big baby .
Same! Mine weighed 120 pounds in his prime and was the biggest lap dog I've ever had!
Never met a stranger and didn't have a mean bone in his body.
Posted on 5/23/23 at 11:53 am to hubertcumberdale
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shits the size of a t-rex, so if you go walking and dont have a bag to pick up the shite, neighbors wont have to think hard about what dog it is from
Yep, I had a friend with a bloodhound kept inside. Shed like crazy but the worst part was the massive cow patty size shits. You never have to lift your shoe to see if you stepped in bloodhound shite, you’ll know when your shoes comes clean off after a step like you just walked over a mud bog
Posted on 5/23/23 at 1:36 pm to ElDawgHawg
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Never met a stranger and didn't have a mean bone in his body.
This is one of the biggest things for us we like large dogs but have had some aggression issues with other breeds in the past. We don’t get a ton of guest besides teenage friends if my kids and we have family come over a couple times a year. Space isn’t an issue our home is on the larger side and have a 2 acre lot. Also have 130 acres that we use recreationally about 20 min from the house. From doing some reading it seems a tracking collar would be a good investment if she were to wander while at the property.
ETA: have a friend that wants to give us a 5 month old catahoula from a litter they had and they were stuck with two females.
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 5/23/23 at 1:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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They aren't dumb at all as a breed. They are just completely enslaved by their noses.
If theyre anything like Beagles they will dissappear constantly if not attended to or kenneled or not attended to...Beagles will follow a scent for days and forget where they started if left to their own devices. We had beagles when I was a kid and it was a revolving door...they were rabbit dogs and we didn't keep them in the house but they were in what we called a kennel but it would only keep them a while. They weren't pets either...they were more or less treated like pets but if one went missing another one replaced it pretty quickly...we either bought another one or one showed up from someone else's pack of rabbit dogs. If a hound manages to get out of the yard its likely to dissapear and forget where it came from...
Posted on 5/23/23 at 3:27 pm to bayoudude
To each their own, but I would never let a dog like a bloodhound inside my house. Regardless of what you think, your house will smell. Period
Now as a dog that is outside and I take to the camp and such? Absolutely
Now as a dog that is outside and I take to the camp and such? Absolutely
This post was edited on 5/23/23 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 11:08 am to bayoudude
A friend of mine has one that comes inside. He has a decent amount of acreage around his house for it to run on though. It is a great dog. Very gentle, loving and well behaved for its size. The only negative I can come up with is it gets drool/snot all over the place.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 5:00 pm to bayoudude
Roommate at college had one. Great dog and would absolutely have one if they lived longer. Very messy drinkers though. If we heard him getting water, we’d instinctively grab a towel and head to him.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 6:12 pm to bayoudude
My mom has had 2. She has loved both so much but she is 71 and realizing she won't be able to handle a third. They smell really bad and make everything around them smell too. Her 2nd is pushing 11 and I'm counting the days until it dies. Then my I might send her on vacation and call servpro to clean her house.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 7:51 pm to bayoudude
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Any of you ever owned a bloodhound? Wife and eldest son want one for our next dog.
Try to talk them in to a Beagle
This post was edited on 5/25/23 at 10:20 am
Posted on 5/25/23 at 6:39 am to bayoudude
Neighbor has one...good dog...took AWHILE for her to housebroken...she still chews stuff up from time to time....and of course...the amount of slobber they produce and sling around is amazing.
Posted on 5/25/23 at 9:42 pm to Guzzlingil
you and your wife better be @ 240 and in good shape - on a leash they will pull your back out - if you are still determined contact a breeder they constantly get back the dogs they sell because the new owners cant handle them
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