TRAINING BLOODHOUNDS Bloodhound puppies are born with an incredible skill since this breed has been bred for centuries to enhance the olfactory senses. A very simplistic illustration is this: When you or I may walk into a kitchen and say "I smell stew!", the bloodhound's ability allows him to smell the peas, carrots, meat, etc that make up the stew. The bloodhound puppies begin their journey to greatness as soon as they are born. Our nursery team begins their work of handling, feeding, testing and evaluating. Along with their mother's milk, the puppies are fed by bottle twice a day in order to create the partnership of human and animal. We introduce mild stressors to increase their ability to handle unusual situations by building their confidence. At 7 weeks, our foster program targets social confidence, strong hunt drive and individuality. When ready for formal training, they are returned to the kennel for placement with our volunteer trainers to learn scent discrimination, evidence