Treeing Walker Coon Hounds
The treeing Walker coonhound is a beautiful and highly skilled hunting companion. A Mr. Thomas Walker brought an English foxhound to Virginia in 1742 and it is speculated that the breed has descended from an accidental pairing of a cross-bred hound and one of the later English related Virginia foxhounds. Treeing Walker coon hounds were […]
The Curs and Feists Coon Hounds
While breeders of different coonhounds were refining their breeding programs back in the 1700s and 1800s, rural America needed a hardy dog that would hunt, and also be protective of the family. Pioneering settlers in the Southern states bred their own working dogs. The result is the Cur dog, of which there are now a […]