My Story
THIS IS A COURTESY LISTING FOR OWNER: BETTER PHOTOS COMING SOON.. WEATHER IN MT HINDERED.. If you are interested in him please go to our website and fill out an adopt application without obligation to actually adopt. You will be contacted once we check your application.
STATS, OVERVIEW: GAFFY : His birth date was OCT 6, 2023. He a year and a half old neutered male as of Jan 2025. He is a Bloodhound/Redbone mixed male pup. He is up to date on vaccinations. He weighs 65 pounds, 23 inches at the shoulder. He is crate broke and is not left unattended in a house with no supervision because he will chew and be puppy naughty at this point in time, fed twice daily, and doing well on potty training, though he can’t hold it for a long period if no one lets him out quickly. His owner is a senior and she isn’t fast in doing that sometimes. He does alert that he needs to go out. On leash he is good unless he is stimulated on the other side of a fence, then he will go forward too fast for his handler. He is a typically focused hound. He loves toys, he likes the crinkly sounding ones and squeakies. He does not destruct them when playing. He was not socialized a lot when young and so he has an unease with strangers that he hasn’t been properly introduced to and he has learned to trust. He is a bit over protective of his owner and yard and considers it his job and being young as well as having stranger danger feelings it causes him to bay and warn and alert. He just needs more time and socializing as he has only been in his new home 7 months and is still learning territory stimulants and what is expected of him. He is doing very well with positive reinforcements as far as house manners goes, eager to learn and so very trainable. He is food motivated and that helps in training. He definitely needs a yard where he can run and play, he needs to be in a fence that he cannot scale, like any hound he would put his nose to the ground and follow scents and be out roaming which is not safe. Also encountering strangers he might scare them with his own strangers danger reaction. He is just a puppy after all and needs more work with gentleness, firmness, manners, and no hurtful devices PERIOD, no electronic devices or fences are acceptable for this dog. It would send him the wrong direction. He needs patience and love and motivational positive training only. NO GPS COLLARS or VIBRATING COLLARS and NO SHOCKING COLLARS. Anything with a battery in it does transfer electricity to a dog even though humans cannot feel it and it makes them extremely reactive and edgy. He rides in a car well, loves to watch out through closed windows at scenery. Very alert interested dog, a good hound trait. Don’t know how he handles nail trims. Slow intro’s to the female mobile vet was scary at first for him, but he did calm down with her slow patient waiting and using treats. He hasn’t been to a vet out of his new yard and he hasn’t been there long enough for us to know any more about his vet manners. Please see history and reason for rehoming him, next category below. He wears a harness during the day as well as a collar with ID. It would be advantageous for him to have a microchip. He does get along with the owners 8 year old basset, we feel he would do awesome after getting acquainted with a spayed female dog that is not bossy but loves to play and expend energy. This would wear his puppy energy down and would help his socializing with humans. This is a beautiful dog with wonderful potential in the right home. He would benefit from an active owner that jogs or runs with him on leash and in time he could be on long line. Hounds roam so they need to be leashed for their safety and everyone else’s. He deserves a FOREVER home that really suits his needs. Children 14 and over that is dog respectful teenagers might be ok, some that would play with him AFTER he gets acquainted with them slowly and accepts them. No toddler or no children under 14 or 15 years old. No cats or small dogs nor other small pets.
HISTORY: His owner is a senior with arthrits, she had two dogs but one passed away and the other grieving dog and herself grieving needed a new friend. She saw his advertisement for a new home, went and met him and he bayed at first and then went right with her and settled down. He has done exceptionally in the settling in process, but the area he lives in, the rental home has a very weak and low fence so he figured out how to sail over it. It also is a high stimulus traffic area both with humans, dogs on and off leash, lots of cats and rabbits and deer and so it produces continual over stimulation. Also he is very strong on leash and his senior owner needs an easier dog to take out on leash, when he is focused he could pull her down and injure her. He is too stimulated there and could use a calmer area and home to settle into. Too much dog and that these are the only reasons for rehoming. She loves him. She cannot be pulled down stairs and endure a fall because he is so focused and protecting his home as well.
GOOD: He has a sweet personality and initiates play with his senior owner, though she runs out of steam before he does. He could use more play. The older dog plays some but runs out of steam also. This is a young healthy hound. When he plays with his toys he tosses them in the air and catches them or throws them across the room and runs after them, so he entertains himself when no one else can or will. He has a lot of charm and charisma. SWhen he is corrected positively he teases at first and then will acquiesce. Owner can take items and even food away from him but she does it respectfully not bossy.
BAD: He will chew on plastic and phone charger ends per owner, shoes are always tempting. He takes the shoe and bobs his head wanting to play but he takes the liner out and plays with it if she is not in the game. Shoe liners stink and smell strong of owners and that is always tempting. It is a game for him. His not being completely house broke YET might bother someone a bit, but he is trainable. His ability to scale a fence is bad. If he is left out alone and gets bored he will try to scale the fence, like most hounds. Stranger danger and needing slow introductions is a negative but surmountable. He is not secure with strangers at first and he BAYS THEM. He just needs time and kindness and patience. He loves to shred paper and cardboard like many dogs do and he will counter surf if food is left on counters. Pretty tempting for any dog but especially for a hound.
UGLY: In our opinion there is nothing ugly to date about this dog.
