I recently made 2 mistakes. 1) Telling my 5 year old daughter she could get a dog. (I will be the one taking care of it) 2) Letting her watch The Fox and The Hound right after that. So now, she wants a blood hound. (I know that Copper wasn't a blood hound) I'm more of a water dog fella, but I did have a coon hound for awhile when I was a kid. Has anyone had one for a pet? I've been reading some, but most of the negatives are the make the house a mess and are stubborn. I have kids, so thats nothing new Any help would be appreciated. I'm going to look at the dog Saturday unless you talk me out of it
Best Dog I am a little biased. My two cents. A french brittany of course. A devil in the field and an angel in the home. I hunt the hell out of this dog in the winter and it is great in the home with the kids the rest of the time. She also has found dead deer.
Good looking dog FB. My dad had some Brittanys when I was little. Great dogs. My son has a 16 month old Yellow Lab that is good with kids but doesn't have the normal lovable personality of a lab. It minds him, it just isn't the type of dog that craves attention. Kind of strange, really.
I have seen bloodhounds go both ways I truly believe it is one of those pets that really turn out the way you program them if you leave them outside most of the year and bring them in every once in awhile there gonna tear stuff up if you raise them in the house as a puppy they will learn to live in a house. I had many crazy walker dogs and July hounds as deer dogs and that is how they were
My next dog will be a bloodhound. I always had coon hounds (Plotts) growing up. They don't make great indoor dogs, but they were always loyal and obedient to me. As a 4 year old kid, I had one grab me by my pants and try to drag me away from a copperhead that I felt needed smacked with a stick in our front yard.
Personally I am a lab guy through and through. BUT If you get a bloodhound... you must name him Flash! I did go through a hound phase a few years ago. (coon / bear dogs) Had walkers and BMC's didn't end well
The Cur was a bit but they just kinda can be that way. The Walkers were a pretty good dogs but they non stop baying drove my wife insane. The Cur COULD NOT BE CONTAINED!!! First I had an entire 1/2 acre fenced in 12 ft fence, climbed right out. Then I kenneled off a large corner section. Poured concrete with the fence buried and a hog wire roof.The F Er was still getting out by chewing / breaking through the hog wire. After the 3rd round of stiches and nearly killing himself a few times. I gave up and sold them all. Stubborn would be a REALLY nice way of putting it. lol I'll stick with my trusty labs from here on out.
I had a blood hound and i loved the dog. It was a female and was pretty small for a blood hound. We have also had a male blood hound and the female was by far better. The male was really stubborn and when he went outside it was always nose down and he would go everywhere just sniffing and he was hard to get to come back inside. They were easy to house train and loved people. The only bad part was she was messy and slobbered all over but over all she was a great dog.
I have two Bassett hounds that primarily live inside and they are great dogs, they are great with kids and there destructive puppy phase isn't nearly as bad as that of a lab.
First off, if you are going to get a blood hound, get him/her as a pup. You will have to train it to do what commands YOU want and don't stop training it when you think he/she has got it, keep going and don't use two different words for one command. like if you want it to stop something and you train it by saying stop, it will stop, if you train to stop by saying stop and you say quit, it might not understand you. Now im not a dog trainer or anything but I do know a thing or two about dogs. Hope you like your new dog whatever it may be. Good luck
My .02 cents... Get a dog that your family will love and that will love your family. Don't get one bred for hunting with no household personality and expect it to adapt to an inside family environment. That will create frustration for everyone. Some breeds such as Labs excel at doing both. Labs love to chew and dig though so I'd be careful about that. It is great to have a blood trailing dog... but for me... I have that need about 1 deer in 10. Once every few years... find a dog you all love first.
