SCENT HOUNDS

Scenthounds have been bred to have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and are capable of traveling long distances in their efforts to track their prey. They keep their noses to the ground, running this way and that, in their eagerness to pick up an interesting trail and follow it to its source, baying or making a distinctive sound as they track their prey so that their owner can hear and follow them.

Scenthounds can be split into three categories - Large heavy bodied dogs that hunt in small numbers, being held on leashes by huntsmen on foot (such as Bloodhounds); Medium sized dogs that hunt as a pack with huntsmen on horseback (such as Foxhounds); and small short legged dogs that hunt without being on a leash with huntsmen on foot (such as Basset Hounds).

Basset Hound	Beagle	Bloodhound
Finnish Hound	Foxhound	Hamilton Hound
Norwegian Elkhound	Otterhound	Rhodesian Ridgeback
Trail Hound

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