A fully grown Bloodhound stands about 23 to 27 inches at the shoulder and weighs roughly 80 to 110 pounds. Females typically measure 23 to 25 inches, males 25 to 27 inches, and males carry most of the top-end weight. In practical terms this is one of the largest hounds you can share a home with: not the tallest dog in the park, but among the heaviest for its height, with massive bone, a deep chest, folds of loose skin and long ears that sweep the ground when the famous nose is down and working. A Bloodhound does not fold away into a corner of a room.
Slow growth to a very solid adult
Bloodhound puppies grow for a long time, and the stages can deceive you. A young puppy is all ears, wrinkles and paws that look borrowed from a bigger dog, and height and length arrive well before the dog fills into its final mass. Many Bloodhounds are still adding breadth and condition into their second year. That slow build matters for care: joints carrying an eventual 100 pounds need a measured growth diet, strict resistance to overfeeding a puppy who looks appealingly wrinkled at any size, and exercise kept steady and low-impact while the frame develops rather than long forced marches.
Ask a breeder or rescue about the size of the parents in fit condition, because Bloodhound lines vary and a puppy from 80-pound parents will usually mature smaller than one from a 110-pound sire. Fit condition is the key phrase with this breed: a healthy adult should move freely and show a waist behind the ribs under the loose skin, and the folds make visual judging unreliable, so hands and scales tell the truth.
What 110 pounds changes around the house
Everything about keeping a Bloodhound scales up. Food bills, beds, harnesses, car space and veterinary bills are large-breed figures. A full-grown Bloodhound stretches longer than most sofas are deep, drools in quantities that require strategically placed cloths, and can clear a low table with one sweep of a heavy tail. Counter height offers no protection to food, because the nose that can follow a days-old trail regards a kitchen worktop as an open invitation, and the dog has the reach and persistence to act on it.
Handling deserves honest thought. A Bloodhound who decides a scent matters more than your plans can lean his entire considerable weight into a harness, so training a reliable loose-lead walk from puppyhood, using a harness that fits that deep chest, and ensuring every regular walker can physically hold the dog are safety basics rather than refinements. Lifting an injured or elderly Bloodhound is a two-person job, so a ramp for the car and ground-floor sleeping arrangements are worth arranging before they are urgent.
Space, fencing and the following nose
A Bloodhound does not need a mansion, and a well-exercised adult is a calm, affectionate house dog, but fencing must be secure and substantial, because a scent hound who picks up a trail will work at an escape with single-minded patience and can travel a long way once out. Off-lead freedom belongs in genuinely enclosed areas for most pet Bloodhounds, with a long line as the everyday compromise, since recall competes against the most capable nose in the dog world and usually loses.
Expect, in the end, a dog of around 100 pounds who thinks he is family-sized and whose care, costs and equipment must be planned at full scale from the start. If you adopt a Bloodhound through KinsLe, Transferrable Profiles hands over its recorded fit weight, feeding amounts and handling approaches, so a very large dog's routine stays consistent through the move.