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MarttaBloodhound is peaceful and gentle, playful and humoristic. He is friendly with people, although sometimes he might be a bit reserved with strangers. He does not like to quarrel with other dogs. The most remarkable feature of a Bloodhound is determination (one could also call that stubborness), which makes him an excellent mantrailer ('will not quit') but also a very difficult dog to train. In obedience training and also in general one has to remember that you cannot force a Bloodhound to do things. Bloodhound is very sensitive and is prone to get mentally locked when trained by force - he won't do anything for you then. The trainer has to use his/her imagination to find the ways to motivate the Bloodhound do what the trainer wants. This can be done!

 

 

Bloodhound

  • Trailing dog
  • Excellent sense of smell
  • Gentle, playful, sensitive and persistent
  • Height at withers: males 68 cm, females 62 cm (+/- 4 cm)
     

Bloodhound

Mantrailing

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