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kbhk
They were first bred for hunting.
A hound is a hunting dog. If you "hound" someone, you can also be said to "dog" them -- it means you hunt them tirelessly, following after them and usually bothering them.
You can, it just evolved from the Brit's expression "riding the hounds" for fox hunting and the hound type is best to use because of keener sense of smell..
Hunting Rabbits
Yes, they are popular as they can be used in hunting.
it is a hound that was originaly bread in africa for protection and lion hunting
This could be a Jack Russell.
An extinct breed of large hound with pendulous ears was the Talbot Hound. It was a hunting dog that originated in Normandy. It went extinct at the end of the 18th century.
for there sense of smell and tracking abiltys
its a dog its bald and its from mexico
using a hound to lead you to your prey, it is commonly used in cougar hunting because the dog will tree the cougar
Hyperbole, Alliteration/Assonance, Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Allusion, Personification, Sensory details