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Female adult Bloodhound
This is a large breed of dog, and in some regions the Bloodhound is also known like the St. Hubert hound and Sleuth Hound. In old times, the dog was used to hunting deer and wild boar, more latelly is specifically to track human beings by scent. It’s famous comes for it ability to follow tracks hours or even days old over great distances. The breed has absolutelly extraordinarily keen nose in combination with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct. And all of this is produce the ideal scent hound to effective use by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, and even missing pets.
Seven weeks old Bloodhound puppy
Commonly measures of the body of the Bloodhounds starts from weigh between 33 to 50 kg (80 to 110 lb), but sometimes some individuals can weigh as much as 72 kg (160 lb). Their heigh is 58 to 69 cm (23 to 27 inches) high at the withers. According to the AKC standard of the breed, larger dogs are to be preferred by conformation judges. The acceptable colors for Bloodhounds are black and tan, liver and tan, or red. Bloodhounds possess an unusually large skeletal structure with most of their weight concentrated in their bones, which are very thick for their length. The coat is typical for a scenthound: hard and composed of fur alone, with no admixture of hair.
Bloodhound male on watch
This breed is a gentle dog which is nonetheless tireless in following a scent. Because of its strong tracking instinct, it can be willful and somewhat difficult to obedience train. Bloodhounds have an affectionate, gentle, and even-tempered nature, so they make excellent family pets. However, like any large breed, they require supervision when around small children.
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