- The American English Coonhound, is a breed of dog. It is a type of coonhound that is typically bred in the southern United States.
- These dogs are born hunters and love nothing better than to trail and tree small animals - especially raccoons.
- Like all coonhounds, English are generally good natured and very sociable dogs.
- Their ancestry includes the Bloodhound for a good nose, as well as the New World Virginian Hound and the English Foxhound.
- The American English Coonhound is a medium to large sized dog that comes in colors of ticked red or blue and white, tri-colored, red and white, or black and white.
- They are strong willed, if not stubborn, and require more patience in training than other breeds. Young dogs are usually extremely active and playful and desirous of human attention in addition to requiring plenty of exercise.
- Like many of the other coonhound dog breeds, you can especially find these bred in the southern United States quite often and this is where this dog breed originally came from.
- English Coonhounds also make adequate watch dogs as they possess extremely loud hound mouths characterized by melodious, drawn out bawls and short, explosive chops.
- Height: Females: 23 - 25 inches; Males: 24 - 26 inches.
Life Span: 11 - 12 years. - Weight: 40 - 65 lbs.
- The breed is sometimes referred to as the "Redtick Coonhound"
- Coonhounds like the Redtick dog breed are high energy dogs, intelligent, playful, active and normally very sociable - in fact they love and thrive on human attention and companionship.
- The Redtick Coonhound is well known for their characteristic short and hard coat and their red "ticking" pattern but there are a variety of other colorations possible such as tricolored, bluetick and also tricolored with ticking however the red markings are predominant.
American English Coonhound facts
