Should You Buy a Bloodhound
The Bloodhound is a familiar sight in movies that
feature escaped convicts. Although the sound of these big dogs baying as they
find the scent they are searching for may be a chilling sound to an escapee, it
can be a comforting sound. After all, Bloodhounds are also used to track people
who are lost or disoriented.
The Bloodhound, which is a member of the American Kennel Club's Hound Group,
stands twenty three to twenty seven inches tall and weighs in at
eighty to one hundred ten pounds. These dogs are known for their long droopy
ears and their gloomy looking wrinkled faces. They have short coats of coarse
hair, which can come in black and tan, red, or liver and tan colors.
Although criminals fear Bloodhounds, these dogs are actually too sweet to be
used as guard or attack dogs. It is true that a Bloodhound will track down a
man's scent, but these dogs do not hunt people to hurt them. Bloodhounds
need to work with handlers because they will rush right up to a hardened killer
and great him like a long lost friend.
