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This little pup was literally born obsessed with trailing the scent of
white-tails. As early as 10 weeks of age he was already running mock blood
lines, 2 to 3 oz of blood spread out at (over) a 100 yds, and being aged 14
hours plus ... Unbelieviable!
The Bavarian Mountain
Hound is also known as the Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound (this is what FCI's
translation is, Bavarian Mountain Blood Dog, which is the closest literal
translation) and even sometimes miss represented by being called a bloodhound.
A lot of the confusion about the name in English is that there are no go
English translations of Gebirgsschweisshund. Its German name is Bayerische
Gebirgsschweisshund. All Leash hounds are descended from the original hunting
dogs of Germany
known as Bracken. All pure Bracken dogs have the finest nose for following
ground scent and trail. They have a well developed will to follow a difficult
trail. The Bavarian Mountain Hounds ancestry can be traced to around 1870 when
Baron Karg-Bebenburg successfully crossed the Hanoverian Bloodhound with the
lighter Tyrolean Hound (Tiroler Bracke) to create a lighter blood tracking
specialist. This created a more agile dog for the mountains of Bavaria. At first sight,
it is similar in appearance to the Hanoverian Bloodhound, but is shorter and
finer boned than the latter. The only recognized club for the Bavarian Mountain
Hound was created in 1912 in Munich,
Germany.
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