Well, yes I am biased. But…

5. Aggression
They don’t have any.  Not towards people, or to other dogs.  You let your dog off the lead and you think “will that dog hurt my dog”, not the other way round.  This is a breed characteristic, before you ask.

4. Weight loss
Exercise.  They love it.  As much as they can get.  And then a bit more.  Gotta be cheaper than a gym membership.  Feel that burn!

3. Rarity
Oh, you’ve got a giant panda, have you?  Show off, aren’t you!  Take it for a walk do you?  Well, there’s fewer of these puppies in the world than there are giant pandas - quite literally.

2. Sense of humour
See that photo up there?  Now your average dog would shake that hat off and lose the dirty towel in seconds.  Our dog, on the other hand, decided that this was the best joke ever, and lost no time in walking round the room showing everyone just how much fun this all was.

1. That nose
Nice bloodhound you’ve got there.  They can follow a trail that’s up to four hours old, you say.  Whoop de do.

Otterhounds can follow trails up to eight hours old.  That’s eight hours.  Eight.  Twice as much as that bloodhound.

Okay, they’re harder to train, but let’s say you run a search and rescue operation.  Four hours?  Or eight hours?

Yeah.

Next time I get lost in the mountains - I can has otterhounds?  kthxbai.