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| Breed: Bluetick Coonhound |
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| Height: The Bluetick Coonhound is about 21-27 inches tall. |
| Weight: The Bluetick Coonhound weighs between 45-80 lbs. |
| Colors: The Bluetick Coonhound can be a dark blue, with a thickly mottled body, spotted by various shaped black spots on back, ears and sides. |
| General Appearance: The Bluetick Coonhound a speedy, well-muscled individual, not clumsy or chunky built. Body should be neat, coat glossy; head carried well up but not goose necked. Eyes clear and keen. Tail carried gaily above back, not curled or dropped between legs. Feet round and well padded. A pleading hound expression, not wild or cowering. Active, ambitious, and speedy on trail. The Bluetick Coonhound's voice should be a free tonguer on trail, with a medium bawl or bugle voice when striking and trailing, may change to a steady chop when running, with a steady coarse chop at tree. |
| Temperment: The Bluetick Coonhound is eager and alert. They are generally even tempered, outgoing and friendly. Despite the tough exterior coonhounds are very sensitive. It is very easy to hurt their feelings. Coonhounds are also very expressive, if you have hurt their feelings they look absolutely miserable. Coonhounds mature slower than most breeds. They do not mature until they are about 2 years of age. |
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| Training: The Bluetick Coonhound needs to be trained for what it was bred to do. To track down them varmints! However they need to be trained without punishment. Spanking a coonhound can damage their trust and they can easily become shy and frightened. |
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| Life Span: The Bluetick Coonhound lives an average life of 10-12 years. |
| Litter Size: The Bluetick Coonhound has an average litter of 12-13 puppies. |
| Country of Origin: The Bluetick Coonhound originated in England. |
| Brief History: It is most likely that the Bluetick Coonhound is principally descended from the quick foxhounds of England with some introduction of the blood of various French hounds which were used for hunting big game. The French dogs were known as being very cold nosed (meaning that they can follow an old trail that an animal has left). George Washington received five such French hounds from General Lafayette. |
| Registries: ANKC, UKC |
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