Bluetick Coonhound
- Height 56–69 cm 53–64 cm
- Weight 25–36 kg 20–29 kg
- Life span 11–12 years
- Exercise 60 min/day
The Bluetick Coonhound is a large and athletic breed of dog that was originally bred in the United States for hunting raccoons. They are intelligent, energetic, and determined, and make excellent hunting dogs.
- Group
- Hound Group
- Origin
- United States, Louisiana / Southern United States (19th–20th century)
- Coat
- short smooth · blue mottled, black, tan, and white
- Also known as
- Bluetick
- Recognized by
- AKC, UKC
- Hypoallergenic
- No
- Id
4823c4e3-d4bf-4cd3-ac6c-88fb2d8a4cdd
Traits
- Energy
- Trainability
- Barking
- Grooming
- Shedding
- Drooling
- Good with children
- Good with dogs
- Good with strangers
- Apartment friendly
Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Bluetick Coonhound. They are researched estimates, not measurements.
Researched from images.akc.org ukcdogs.com vetstreet.com a-z-animals.com furrycritter.com
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Basset Hound
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Black and Tan Coonhound
7
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Bloodhound
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Borzoi
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Cirneco dell'Etna
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Dachshund
5
This page, as API data
Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/4823c4e3-d4bf-4cd3-ac6c-88fb2d8a4cdd. No key, no sign up.
See it in the reference.
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The picture itself also has an endpoint:
https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/4823c4e3-d4bf-4cd3-ac6c-88fb2d8a4cdd/image, which redirects
straight to the file. See it in the reference.