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English Coonhound
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English Coonhound
(Redtick Coonhound)
Three month old Flora, the Red Tick Coonhound
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Pronunciation |
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Description |
The coat of the English
Coonhound is short
and hard. Coat colors include: blue and white ticked, red and white
ticked, tri-colored with ticking, red and white, and white and black. Excessive
red or black is a fault in the show ring. Their bark sounds like a hound bawl.
The tails are medium length and set high. Pleasant, alert, confident and
sociable with humans and dogs. |
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Temperament |
English Coonhounds are
energetic, intelligent and active. Their great senses make them excellent
hunters. This breed is extremely fast, hot-trailing competitive type coonhounds.
Very devoted to its family, it makes a good companion dog. It does well
living indoors and plays a fine guardian to his family and home. They
are usually best with older considerate children, but can also do well with
younger ones. Some can be a bit dog-aggressive and reserved
with strangers. Socialize this breed well while still young. Do not let this breed off
the leash in an unsafe area, as they may take off after an interesting
scent. They have a strong instinct to tree animals.
High-strung but loving and eager to please their owners. |
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Height, Weight |
Height: 21-27 inches (53-69 cm.)
Weight: 40--65 pounds (18-30 kg.) |
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Health Problems |
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Living Conditions |
These dogs are not recommended for apartment life.
They are very active indoors and do best with acreage. |
Exercise |
English Coonhound need extensive daily running to be
happy. They need to be taken on a daily, long, brisk
walk or jog. They can become destructive if confined too much. They may take off after
any interesting scent, so do not take the
English Coonhound off its leash unless you are in a safe area. |
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Life Expectancy |
About 11-12 Years |
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Grooming |
The short, hard coat is easy to
care for. Comb and brush with a firm bristle brush, and shampoo only when
necessary. This breed is an average shedder. |
| Origin |
It has been said that
the history of the English Coonhound is the history of all coonhounds. With the
exception of the Plott Hound, most coonhounds can be traced back to the
English Foxhound. In 1905 the English
Coonhound was first registered by UKC under the name of English fox & Coonhound.
Back then they were used for fox hunting much more than they are today. The name
reflected the similarity that the breed had to the
American Foxhound and the
English foxhound. 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 both the
Treeing Walker Coonhound and the
Bluetick Coonhound. They were considered all the same
breed. It was the variation in color which separated them. The heavily ticked
dogs split off from the English and the Bluetick Coonhound was recognized as a
separate breed in 1945. In 1946 the tricolored hounds separated into the breed
called Treeing Walker Coonhounds. Though redticked dogs predominate, to this day
there are still tri-colored and blueticked English hounds. The English Coonhound
was bred to adapt to the rougher American climate and terrain. 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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Group |
Hound |
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Recognition |
UKC, UEBFA |
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UKC = United Kennel Club
UEBFA = United
English Breeders and Fanciers Association |
Cody, the Redtick Coonhound
(English Coonhound) at about 1 year old. His owner states, "He loves to
lounge and sleep on the couch and on the bed with you. As you can see in
this picture he seems to think that he's a cat (that's what we think at
least) he likes to lay on the back of our couch and watch out the
window. We're not sure how he will do hunting, but we will find out this
year.
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Dixie, the one year old English Coonhound. Her owner says
"She is the sweetest, most "people-loving" dog I have ever owned."
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Gucci
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Purdie at 2 ½ years olds
She has tons of energy
Purdie at 2 ½ years olds
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This is Hannah at two years old.
Hannah
This was Hannah when she was a puppy
with her kitty friend.
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Lady, a 2½ year old English Coonhound
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Lillie and Mollie, Red tick English
Coonhounds at 6 months old. "I took these one morning when they were sun
bathing on the couch. We've never had 2 more loving dogs. They are sisters
and very affectionate and playful with each other."
Lillie and Mollie, Red tick English Coonhounds at 6 months
old
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