Every Sunday for the last few weeks, I’ve received a special visit from a beautiful Bloodhound.
She’s shy until you speak to her and then she’s very friendly. I would guess her at being less than one year old. I found her owners and returned her home the 1st Sunday she visited.
She is messy, sweet, gentle and goofy! She bounces through mud puddles. She needs to touch me with her paw and it really doesn’t seem like a dominance issue.
Her owners are keeping her outdoors in a large dog run until they can get her more properly trained. They have also fenced the yard with the Invisible Fence. Somehow, this large dog decides she can get out of her Invisible Fence yard but then is afraid to go back into it.
My “pom” who is in heaven “trained” my other dogs. Our greyhound would run under the kitchen table if she scolded him about something. Our “Nedd”, a German Short Hair Pointer and Collie mix PRANCES as he walks. He will stand on the sidewalk to go potty holding his body over the grass to avoid getting wet or dirty!
I enjoy the visits from this goofy girl. I really like her and am falling in love! Her owners are use to a different breed and this is their first experience with a bloodhound. I hope it works out for them but if it doesn’t, I’d find a way to welcome her into our lives although I cannot imagine welcoming this drooling dog into my home and I cannot imagine keeping a dog outside!
~Trina Daniels
Aren’t bloodhounds wonderful? I have three (all rescued), and we help the South Central Bloodhound Rescue Club with fostering and adopting those that are in need of new homes. They certainly aren’t a dog for everyone. You must get used to the drool, slobber, dirt, etc. that invariably attaches to a bloodhound, which is why I call mine the three little pigs.
Moose845
Comment by moose845 — September 2, 2008 @ 9:51 pm