Bloodhound

Also call ?dog of San Huberto?, by Belgian Santo homónimo that made it famous in the eighth century, is one of the greatest and old dogs of sign. Optimal bloodhound for the greater hunting, not very quick but of great resistance, is used mainly, like finder of indications, since really exceptional reason that has caused that is equipped with a sense of smell it defined itself to him humorous as ?a dog behind a nose?. Intelligent and affectionate with the master and the children, one is nevertheless vindictive with whom mistreat it.
Although he is classified between the Belgian races, were English those that gave to this race a great impulse him, from times of the disembarkation of the normandos in the British Islands.
Prior to that time, very it was spread in the Netherlands and some testimonies, that go back to last centuries, describe to a sign dog, with the sad and melancholic expression, very similar to the Bloodhound. More ahead he was bred with great fervor and taken care of by the monks of the sanctuary of San Huberto until becoming the dog preferred for the real packs nevertheless, in 1570 Carlos IX it left it to consider it too slow replacing it by the white Dog. Successively blood and sign dog was used as (blood in English means blood) to follow to indicate the wounded prey but also to look for malefactory lost people or.

Of great size and strong constitution, has the massive head with rough skin that falls abundant on the forehead but at the same time melancholic. Fire or red uniform red deer is him in the colors black with spots, being admitted a small white star on the chest.

Height and weight. Raised to the average cross: males 67 cm., females 60 cm. Weight: of 40 to 48 kg.

Head. Developed in all the dimensions except in the wide one. Black Trufa. Very long and hanging lips, with inferior edge 5 cm. lower than the angle of the mouth. Very long and wide jaws in the forcebody. High and salient skull. Occipital protuberance very developed. Superciliary, little prominent arcs.

Eye. Of color it countersinks dark, so sunk in the head as to seem relatively small. Very loose inferior eyelids, that let see an ocular mucosa of dark red color

Ears. Very long: if they are made happen over the snout, they surpass it in length. Of low birth, they hang forwards against the cheeks. They are covered by a fine, silky hair very short.

Neck. Length, muscular, structured so that the dog, without stopping its race or making it slower, can follow the sign with the snout next to the ground. Papada very developed.

Body. Wide and deep flanks. Wide and also deep back, very hard in relation to the size of the dog. Wide flanks. Belly slightly dissuaded.

Extremities. Straight lines, muscular and with strong bones. Oblique and very muscular shoulders. Corvejones developed well.

Feet. Round, of cat.

Tail. Elegant curved, when the dog is excited or follows a sign. Inferior part provided with hair with an approximated length of 5 cm., using excessive respect itself gradually towards the end.

Coat. Short and it last enough on the body, thick and stubbly on the ears and the skull. Color: black with spots fire or unicolor fire. White spots can appear on the chest and the extremities.

FEEDING. The daily necessities in Kcal vary between the 2,000 and the 2,300 like ration of maintenance. The units used for the hunting have necessity, because of the remarkable cost of energy that make, of a contribution in proportional Kcal to the work that they develop. The provision of mineral complexes must be dosed with much attention. For a puppy of 10 4.6 kg g is of. of calcium, 3.7 g. of phosphorus, while for an adult dog of 40 5.7 kg g is of. of calcium and 4.7 g. of phosphorus.

DAILY CARES. The cleaning of the layer can be made with a soft brush of bristle alternating its use with a horsehair glove. It is a good norm for the Bloodhound, to once control the ears to him per week.
When being this dog provided with auricular pavilions enough lengths, is very easy that there garrapatas and other parasites hide.

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