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COUNTRY:
USA
HEIGHT: 21-27 inches
COAT: Short, hard
COLOR:
Mainly redtick, also bluetick, tricolor with ticks, white-red,
white-black or white-lemon; brindle or too much red or black not
acceptable
REGISTRY: UKC
GROUP: Hound
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Tracing back to the Virginia hounds, the English Coonhound was bred to adapt
to the rougher American climate and terrain. When the English was first
recognized by the UKC, it was descriptively called the English Fox and Coonhound,
alluding to its capabilities. In fact, at that time, the dogs were used
more on fox than on raccoon. They were also capable of going after opossum,
cougar and bear. While the Redbone and Black and Tan were given
separate breed status, all other treeing coonhounds were called English
after the turn of the century. These included the blueticked dogs, the white
tricolors and others, as well as those with redtick markings. There was
also great variation in the history and in the style of hunting, from big,
cold-nosed, patient trailing hounds to the refined, speedy hot-trailing
dogs.
In 1945, the
heavily ticked dogs split off from the English, registering themselves
as the Bluetick Hound. Later, the tricolored hounds separated into the
breed called Treeing Walker Coonhounds. Most modern English Coon-hounds
are of the redtick color, although they can be bluetick and other hound
colors as well.
The breed :s
the extreme of the fast, hot-trailing competitu vtype coonhound. An English
named "Bones," owned by Colonel Leon Robinson, won one of the
first National Coonhound Championships. The breed is still used by practical
hunters and competitive hound owners throughout the USA.
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