They sound great! My weenies only bark if someone knocks, which isn't very often, and my old senior weenie barks when I get home, but the bloodhounds would bark AT EVERYTHING, any noise, any fart in the wind, a bug in the grass, thier shadow.... I much prefer the quieter breeds. Are your hounds retired or just the breed? Do they still race dogs anymore? They seem like relaxed cool pups. I used to have a whole farm outside, the kind that makes lots of noise when you go out to feed, goats I milked, horses, chickens ducks and geese. Now I've got super quiet fish that don't make any peeps when I feed..... ahhhh the sound of quiet..... wait.... I have kids, its not quiet.... unless they're sleeping... like they are now. Lol. Not crazy, I'm not. (Yes I am)