Bloodhound

Bloodhound
Other names	Chien de St. Hubert St. Hubert Hound Sleuth-hound
Origin	Belgium, France & United Kingdom
Traits Height Males 64–72 cm (25–28 in) Females 58–66 cm (23–26 in) Weight Males 46–54 kg (101–119 lb) Females 40–48 kg (88–106 lb) Coat Short Colour Black and tan, liver and tan or red Life span ≈ 9.3 years
Kennel club standards SRSH-KMSH standard KC standard Fédération Cynologique Internationale standard
Dog (domestic dog)

The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar, rabbits, and since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is called, le chien de Saint-Hubert.

This breed is famed for its ability to discern human scent over great distances, even days later. Its extraordinarily keen sense of smell is combined with a strong and tenacious tracking instinct, producing the ideal scent hound, and it is used by police and law enforcement all over the world to track escaped prisoners, missing people, and lost pets.^[1]