I have two coonhounds and they are great at staying in the yard, we have a sport 60 for them but have only had to use it once to establish boundry lines. However, I am thinking about getting a bloodhound and I am worried that I will always have to have them on a leash. This would not allow him to play with my other two dogs very well since they are never on leash while in the yard. I was wondering if anyone knew about the success and safety of having a bloodhound on a e-collar instead of a traditional leash. Your input would be greatly appreciated

I have never seen a bloodhound "play"...

Their idea of play involves putting their nose on the ground and following it.

Maybe you should try and spend some time with a bloodhound or two.

Hello All,

I have a BH in my obedience class, and she is a darling. She passed her CGC with flying colors. I have to admit, she was the first BH ever in one of my obedience classes. She was eager to please, but you have to know the owner spent many hours interacting with her, and a lot of play time.

The owner has a fenced in yard, and the BH played very well with the two Beagles that the husband owned. I would most likely not trust one in a yard that was not fenced. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Blessings to all,
Joyce

I've never seen a Bloodhound in SAR that could work off lead. I was involved in AKC obedience, (instructing and competing) for 10yrs and NEVER saw on in the obd ring. Course I've never seen a pig fly either. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Now, for as often as I kid the owners of the odd breeds, I have seen *several* bloodhounds competing in OB through out the years, including in the Utility ring.

And most folks would be surprised about how many state and federal correctional facilities still have in-house tracking teams, which are almost always comprised of bloodhounds.

They're big, slow, and they smell bad ( or they smell weird, maybe that's a better description )- but they can do OB and tracking, for sure.

On my K9SAR group, a BH was recently posted as earning an AKC CD with a score of 191.5 (whatever that means <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

I am not sure I would trust one even with an e-collar unattended in a yard -- once that nose engages -- it appears the entire world disappears. (I have been babysitting a BH for a friend this week and developing a new appreciation for them - they dont stink if they are kept clean). I do think you could get off lead obedinence with a lot of work, though.

Her off lead adventure one day (playing fetch in the lake after training) quickly developed into "let me catch the geese" -- after about 20 minutes, some folks had to put on lifevests and swim out and get her as she was Waaaay out and showed no signs of returning. She is a very compliant dog, but just "went deaf". The one fellow who is has owned plenty of Coonhounds in his day said that Coonhounds had the sense to come out of the water before they drowned but he was not so sure she would.

Developing a new appreciation for them though. Very sweet, capable dogs. My friend thinks they are "idiot savants"

As I understand this, you've trained your dogs for a boundary, your yard, with an Ecollar and there is no invisible fence (a form of Ecollar that's triggered when the dog approaches a wire buried in the ground).

If that's the case, I'd not rely on it for much. Dogs playing hard won't notice that they're approaching an invisible line that exists only in your mind. If there's a fence or a wall or some other marker they may notice it but even that's not guaranteed.

A BH can be trained with an Ecollar just like any other breed, but I also wouldn't rely on this method for containment, no matter what the breed.