new family dog

[glock21]

ok so my daughter is now old enough and i want to get a family dog from a puppyt to grow with her. Im thinking of a blood hound
there not to hyper and are very loyal to there family and if my daughter ever gets lost the dog will find her hahaha. Have any of you ever had or have a blood hound now. i would like the train him to find bed bugs since im in the pest control field and heard of dogs that do that.

any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated, thanks

[sniper7]

I don't know about a blood hound. i think they have a pretty good bark though, so that may be an issue depending on where you live.

i have always had english setters. some can get a little excited and need a walk every other day or so, but they are extremely loyal, great dogs, amazing noses (bird dog), mine is very mellow, listens to commands well and doesn't bark except when our little dog hears the doorbell ring then she goes nuts and barks and it gets him to bark.

[gnihcraes]

I know someone that will be having boxer puppies probably in a year or so. They seem like good dogs, no barking, reasonably playful and mellow, not spastic and jumping all over.

Check the shelters, have had some great dogs over the years that were mix breeds from shelters.

[glock21]

i love boxers there just to hyper for me hahaha

[theGinsue]

Hounds of any sort do like to bark - especially when someone comes to your door or when they are left alone. (We used to raise/own many beagles - they like to wonder too).

[glock21]

yea since they are breed to smell they will wonder off, i dont live in a apt so the barking doesnt bother me.

[Zundfolge]

I grew up with a Basset Hound and he was a wonderful dog except for one thing; slobber.

With those jowells the slobber just constantly dripped off and when he'd shake his head it would go flying. My mom was never without a wash cloth the entire time we had him (constantly wiping slobber off the walls, furniture, etc).

Go do a Google image search for "Bloodhound Slobber" to see what I mean.

[Gunner]

Pomeranian? Very hyper but you can't tell

[glock21]

Pom haha no rodents

[alan0269]

I have found the info at the following useful before:

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/abc.htm

They have general info about almost all breeds including known health issues, temperament, exercise needs, and a whole lot more.