Hound update.

Post by **Cranfield** » April 23rd, 2007, 5:54 pm

This is my Otterhound Bramble, at just over 7 months.
She is standing 21" at the shoulder and weighing close on 70 pounds.
Eventually she should be about 28/29 " at the shoulder.

In the top picture she is just rising from "stalking mode", she is fascinated by the skylarks.

Post by **Tidedancer** » April 23rd, 2007, 6:03 pm

Skylarks make great wing shooting practice birds. Good looking pup there Cran

Post by **RodBow** » April 23rd, 2007, 6:24 pm

Now we know where you get all your character from. Nice looking pup.

Post by **birddog** » April 23rd, 2007, 8:17 pm

Looking good.

Post by **Eerman** » April 23rd, 2007, 8:26 pm

That's a pretty horse.

Post by **Jumptrout51** » April 23rd, 2007, 8:51 pm

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Post by **Second Chance** » April 24th, 2007, 7:48 am

Great looking pup

Post by **Reel Cowboy** » April 24th, 2007, 7:51 am

Post by **mjsigns** » April 24th, 2007, 10:00 pm

We don't see that breed around these parts. He sure looks good Cran

Post by **rocket** » April 24th, 2007, 10:22 pm

Looks like the pup is maturing nicely

Post by **Cranfield** » April 25th, 2007, 5:09 am

mjsigns wrote:We don't see that breed around these parts. He sure looks good Cran

According to the International Kennel Club, there are less than 1000 registered in the World.
A very endangered pure English breed, only five pups were born here last year (and I got one of them).
When otter hunting was banned over here in 1969, a lot of hounds went to the US and Europe,( many were destroyed), some were then interbred with other breeds and the original lines were lost.
There are some purebred otterhounds in the US still.
http://clubs.akc.org/ohca/

Post by **qoutrage** » April 25th, 2007, 9:26 am

Nice pooch, Cran.

Post by **mjsigns** » April 25th, 2007, 9:42 am

Cran-

According to the International Kennel Club, there are less than 1000 registered in the World.

That makes him a valuable "Stud". I hope you plan on breeding him one day. His kind are a prety breed. What kind of spirit/attitude does he have?

Post by **Cranfield** » April 25th, 2007, 5:30 pm

The breed is very laid back and confident, with a typical hound outlook on everything.
Very affectionate and imbued with the "pack mentality", protective, but not aggressive.
Good with livestock and children, they are not sight hounds and so don't want to chase things.

Once their nose is on a scent, you have a hard job to shift them.
Very, very strong swimmers, they are the only dog with truly webbed feet.
They grow big, they can climb fences, dig great holes and also lay around and sleep all day.
When a few otterhounds get together and "sing", it can bring tears to a hunting mans eyes.

Our otterhound is a female and we may let her have a litter in a few years.
My only concern then, is persuading my wife to part with them.

Post by **Reel Cowboy** » April 26th, 2007, 11:28 am

They sound like a great breed of dog. I have the same problem with my wife, she can't sell or part with any of the four legged nondependents at the house.