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DenverHound
Apartment Worthy
Sep 19 2007, 4:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 19 2007, 4:50 PM EDT
I actually have to disagree about the apartment rule. I just adopted a bluetick coonhound puppy. she is 7 months old and is weighing in at 40 pounds even. Yes, they do have "the voice" and yes they do love to follow the scents. But they can live in an apartment, mine certainly has no problem to do so. If you want to adopt a bluetick, and you live in an apartment find a dog park near you and take them there once a day. Mine loves the dog park and she has no problem living in an apartment. She sleeps all the time anyways.. just be aware that when they have to go outside, so do you with the dog on the leash. Do you find this valuable?    
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1. RE: Apartment Worthy
Oct 29 2007, 11:31 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 29 2007, 11:31 PM EDT
I am currently thinking about owning a bluetick, but I live in condo. I love the breed and would be able to take it on a long walk/ dog park on a daily basis. How is the puppy during the day while you are at work? Do you find this valuable?    
rascalsmom
rascalsmom
2. RE: Apartment Worthy
Dec 30 2008, 4:21 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 30 2008, 4:21 PM EST
I completely agree. We got Rascal when he was 5 months old, and we also have a cat that is I think 3 years old, and a son that will be 2 in February, and the only problem that we have with Rascal, is that he likes to lick my son's face. He sleeps in his crate during the day while we are at work, and at night when everyone else is asleep. He only whimpers for about 5 minutes after we put him in his crate. He hardly ever barks, and he is a VERY good puppy for only being 5 months. He weighs 32 pounds. I would definitely recommend this breed. Do you find this valuable?    
meyati
meyati
3. RE: Apartment Worthy
Jan 1 2009, 12:03 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 1 2009, 12:03 PM EST
I have Stonewall, a Bluetick mix, he's sort of runty about 80 pounds, and we live in a house. He realized that school kids walk by all day. We live on a major walk way to a Catholic school, a public middle school and an elementary. He does not bawl at the kids, unless he smells somebody odd. He and Missy were wild adult and almost adult when we got them from a rural pound. They didn't know nothing, and I mean nothing.
I hate using crates and Stonewall began sleeping with me on the first night. Missy soon joined us. They like having a den of their own-which a roomy crate with a soft dog bed is. It's easier to work with a puppy than an adult or almost adult. Blueticks are very nosey and want to see what's going on. In the first week, I found out that Irish Celtic music helped them cope. Stonewall learned to turn music on in our den. They've learned not to roust me and howl when a wind storm or rain hit in the middle of the night. They learned that it didn't do any good to stand and bawl by the leashes when they wanted to go for a walk. They've learned to sit still when I put on their walking collars. Remember to vary the route to the dog park so they don't get bored. Here, the dogs have to be off leash in a park, so make sure you have good behavior. Also Blueticks are very agile. You might want to do agility training and competition.
There's a dog named Danny that has been returned to the local hound rescue 3X, because he went into apartments with young people that lived near dog parks. I need to bathe and let my hounds take me for a walk. Do you find this valuable?