Treeing Walker Coonhound
The Treeing Walker Coonhound is a treeing dog, meaning it was developed to track it's prey and then force the animal into a tree. Once it is treed the dog will continue to bark or bay until the hunter makes the kill or the dog is called off. Aside from raccoons, they also specialize in opossum. A smaller, faster variety known as the Running Walker Coonhound also exists.
Treeing Walker Coonhound Standards
- AKC (Hound)
- UKC (Scenthound)
- 20-27"
- 50-70 lbs
- large scenthound
- medium length, hanging ears
- long tail carried saber like
- smooth, glossy, short coat
- tricolor of white, black, and tan
History of the Treeing Walker Coonhound
The history of the Treeing Walker Coonhound begins when Thomas Walker imported English Foxhounds in 1742. Overtime these dogs became known as Walker Hounds and became a strain of American Foxhound that still exists today. Then, in the 1800s a dog of unknown origin or type known as "Tennessee Lead" was crossed some Walker Hounds. Tennessee Lead didn’t look anything like the dogs he was bred with, but he was a good hunter and his addition helped develop a second type of dog that hunted raccoon. These dogs were first lumped with the English Coonhound and did not gain a separate recognition until 1945.
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