The Foundation Of The Breed

Purpose Of This Site

The purpose of this site is for people to use in many ways.  A visit down memory lane for people who want to revisit the past or for people who want to look at a past before their time.  A site of history and study for the one's with an interest in knowing and using that knowledge in helping with their breeding program.  A place to discuss breeding of the Treeing Walker Breed and a place with a lot of source infomation at hand. Here you will find pictures and ads of hounds that a lot of people have never seen. In one place you will find a lot of information dealing with the History of the Treeing Walker Breed.  If you have suggestions or pictures or ads or stories you feel would fit in this forum please email us and let us know.  We will glady give credit to the ones who help.  If you like this forum and it's intention tell others, if there is something you don't like please tell us....THE SPECIAL PICTURES AND AD SECTION CAN ONLY BE SEEN IF YOU ARE REGISTERED. IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERD YOU WILL NOT EVEN SEE THIS SECTION LISTED. ALSO THE 2nd PLACE IN ACHA WORLD HUNT SECTION AND NUMEROUS PLACINGS IN ACHA WORLD HUNT SECTION. THERE WILL BE FROM TIME TO TIME OTHER SECTIONS ADDED THAT ONLY REGISTERED MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW.

 

 

New Pictures Or Ads Posted

  Here we will list the new ads or pictures that have been put up on the site. We will update it every day a new picture or ad is added!.........THE SPECIAL PICTURES AND AD SECTION CAN ONLY BE SEEN IF YOU ARE REGISTERED. IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERD YOU WILL NOT EVEN SEE THIS SECTION LISTED. ALSO THE 2nd PLACE IN ACHA WORLD HUNT SECTION AND NUMEROUS PLACINGS IN ACHA WORLD HUNT SECTION. THERE WILL BE FROM TIME TO TIME OTHER SECTIONS ADDED THAT ONLY REGISTERED MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW.
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Comment On New Ads Or Pictures Posted

Here you will be able to ask for pictures or ads of certain dogs to be posted on the forum. We will do the best we can.

General Discussion Comments Or Questions

General discussion. Enter here to discuss general topics on Treeing Walkers and the Treeing Walker Breed, or to start a thread on something you want discussed.

POLLS

This section is created for Polls people may want to start and discussions concerning the polls.

Breeding Discussions

The picture on this section is a very special picture. It has most (not all) of the people responsible for the Treeing Walker Breed and it becoming the most popular coonhound breed.This section is created to allow discussions that deal with the Breeding of the Treeing Walker. What strains cross well together and which ones don't. The traits of different strains. Any issue dealing with the breeding of this breed. Also the future of the breed and what needs to be done to keep it on top.

The Hounds Of White River

First Treeing Walker World Champion White River Boone. The dogs of Nance or White River. White River King was the first registered Treeing Walker. In 1949 White River Boone won the ACHA World Hunt and the same year White River Rowdy placed 2nd Place and was ACHA World Champion Female.
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The Hounds Of Finley River

Finley River Chief was responsible for much of the excitement and growth for the breed. There are other great strains that also helped in the creation of this great breed, but in his day Finley River Chief was the gold standard of top reproducers. His DNA still runs so strong through a lot of hounds of the day. When you go back far enough you will see that the name of Chief or another name of the Finley River strain comes up a number of times in so many of the top hounds of the day. This section will have pictures and ads of the dogs of the Finley River Strain.
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Sons and Daughters Of Finley River Chief

This section will have pictures and ads of Son's and Daughter's of Finley River Chief.
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Ads of Finley River Chief Bred Hounds

This section has old ads and pictures of studs of Finley River Bred Hounds.
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Spring Creek Rock Hounds

Spring Creek Rock is a Finley River Bred Hound. Many people have used the Spring Creek Rock line and talk of the Spring Creek Strain. In this section will be pictures and ads that go back to Spring Creek Rock. All Spring Creek Strain of dogs go back to Finley River Chief.
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Finley River Dan Hounds

Many consider Mear's Finley River Dan to be the best reproducing son of Finley River Chief. Lonnie Mear's has done a great job of breeding and promoting what many call the Finley River Dan Strain of Hounds.Mear's Finley River Dan is a son of Finley River Chief. So even though many may call it the Finley River Dan Strain, like Spring Creek Rock, it is actually Finley River Chief Strain of Hounds.
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Mack Twain

There are numerous strains in the Treeing Walker Breed. One of the strains that produced what real coonhunters would call real coonhounds was MACK TWAIN! Mack Twain was one of the top dogs of his day. Still if you go back far enough you will find Mack Twain in some of the better hounds. The strain was introduced to the public a great deal by John Cason who also owned Nite Ch. California Mack. California Mack and a son of Calif. Mack, Nite Ch. California Mack Twain Jr. were responsible for producing many track driving, cold nose, very hard tree dogs that are what the MACK TWAIN strain is known for. Dick Herberger's best female Nite Ch. Hershberger's Texas Babe was a grand daugther of Mack Twain.
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The Hounds Of House

Very rarely does one female hound have as big of impact on a breed as did the Grand Ole Female HOUSE'S QUEEN.Unlike Males who have the chance to produce hundreds or even thousands of offspring, the female is very limited.When you talk about the House Strain, the fountain head of that strain is House's Queen.This section will have ads and pictures of hounds that are considered the House Strain of Treeing Walkers.
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Sons and Daughters Of House's Queen

Very rarely does one female hound have as big of impact on a breed as did the Grand Ole Female HOUSE'S QUEEN.Unlike Males who have the chance to produce hundreds or even thousands of offspring, the female is very limited.When you talk about the House Strain, the fountain head of that strain is House's Queen.One of the females to have a huge impact on the Treeing Walker Breed is House's Queen. She may have had more of an impact then any other female in the breeds history. Her impact could also be measured with any of the stud dogs of the past or present.House's Queen was mated to three different stud dogs. House's Elmer, Johnson's Banjo, and Merchant's Banjo II.This thread here will just have pictures of the hounds of those crosses. When it is finished I believe most will be impressed.It may take some time to get all of the pictures together and put up but it will happen. It only seems right to start with the 3 hounds that most would agree are the most famous from the different matings. But there are a lot more and what their winning records are in the hunts are impressive.

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Johnson's Banjo Strain

One of the great strains for tree dogs was the Johnson's Banjo Strain. This section will have pictures and ads of dogs close in the Johnson's Banjo Strain. Ch. Nite Ch. Johnson's Banjo was one of the great reproducers of the Treeing Walker Breed.
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Sailor Boy or Hershberger Strain (Yadkin River)

In 1961 a dog won the ACHA world hunt that introduced another strain to the treeing walker world. Nite Ch. Stan's Sailor Boy was 1961 ACHA World Champion. Then in 1964 a son of Sailor Boy, Nite Ch. Stan's Sailor Jr. won the 1964 ACHA World Championship. Sailor Boy was sired by Hershberger's Spot Jr. and his dam was Hershberger's Kansas Rose who was out of Hershberger's Little Butch. As we search a lot of these great hounds one of the common threads we find in many of them is Hershberger's Spot Jr. or his son Ch. Nite Ch. Hershberger's Okla. Spot. Maybe in fairness instead of calling it the SAILOR strain or SAILOR BOY strain it should be called HERSHBERGER. Doing that could take away from identifying what strain you are talking about correctly. Dick Hershberger had a number of hounds in his day that weren't related to Spot Jr. So to correctly indentify the strain we will continue calling it the SAILOR or SAILOR BOY Line.If you find dogs that go back to 1964 ACHA World Champion Stan's Sailor Jr., 1961 ACHA World Champion Stan's Sailor Boy, Grand Nite Ch. Ball's Hickory Nut Harry, Dual Grand Ch. Merchan'ts Bawling Barney, Grand Nite Ch. Norman's Coon Stopper, Dual Grand Ch. House's Lipper, Grand Nite Ch. Nocturnal Nailor, Ch. Grand Nite Ch. Rock River Sackett Jr., the one common thread that ties them all together is the bloodlines of Hershberger's Spot Jr. or his son Ch. Nite Ch. Hershberger's Okla. Spot.  Stan's Sailor Boy and Hershberger's Okla. Spot were half brothers both being out of Hershberger's Spot Jr.

 

Many today talk of the Yadkin River Strain.  It is a combination of a number of strains but could easily be classified as more Sailor Boy Strain then any other.

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Comment On Foundation Of The Breed Section

Here you will be able to post comments or questions about the Foundation of the Breed section and the different strains.

Special Females Of The Breed

In this section you will find ads and pictures of Special Females that helped make the Treeing Walker Breed the number one coonhound breed and the special breed it is.

Pedigrees

In this section will be posted pedigrees. We will post many and you are welcome to post pedigrees also. When you get so far in your dogs papers and you don't know what some of the dogs in the 7th generation go back too, seeing that dogs name on one of the pedigrees we will be posting may take you back 2 or 3 more generations.

Treeing Walker World Champions

This area will have Treeing Walkers that won World Championships. It will include areas for all of the registeries. ACHA, UKC, PKC, AKC, NKC.
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ACHA World Hunt

Pictures of All the Treeing Walkers that Won the ACHA World Hunt prior to the merger of ACHA and AKC.
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UKC World Hunt

Here you will find names and pictures of Treeing Walkers that won the UKC World Championship.

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PKC World Hunt

Here you will find names and pictures of Treeing Walkers that won the PKC World Championship.

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AKC World Hunt

Here you will find names and pictures of Treeing Walkers that won the AKC World Championship.

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NKC World Hunt

This section will have names and pictures of Treeing Walkers that won the NKC World Championship.

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World Champion Ads

In this section you will find ads advertising WORLD CHAMPIONS.  ACHA, UKC, PKC, AKC, NKC.

Comments On World Champion Section

Here you will be able to make comments on the World Champion Section of the forum.

Treeing Walker Stud Dogs

Feel free to post all of the information about your stud dogs that you feel is important, including pictures.

Treeing Walker Pups For Sale

Welcome to the classifieds for Treeing Walker Pups. Feel free to post all the information you feel that is important about the pups you have for sale including pictures if you wish

Treeing Walker Hounds For Sale

Here you can put up Treeing Walker Hounds for sale or look for them.

Pictures Of The Past

This area will have just pictures of hounds of the past . All of the strains and hounds of the past. From the beginning up to the year 2000.
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Pictures Of The Present

Pictures of Hounds from 2000 to the present day.
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Old ADS Of Some Of The Greats

This section will have old ads of some of the Greats of the breed. Some of these ads haven't been seen for a long time and for most, never. A great section to visit the past and soak up the history of the breed.
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ADS Of The Past

This section will have ads of the past of dogs that helped make up the Treeing Walker Breed.
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World Show Champions

This section will have pictures of Treeing Walker Hounds that have won a World Show Championship.

The Stud Dogs OF

Pictured in this ad are four men that had a great impact on the Treeing Walker Breed. Three of this had as much impact as anyone did on helping the breed become the most popular breed.We thought it would be interesting to have a section that has ads on all the dogs these men owned or advertised at stud. Here you will find sections of Stud Dogs offered by John Monroe, Joe House, James Merchant. Also another person that has had a great influence on the breed is Lonnie Mears. We will have a section of his Stud Dogs. We thought it would also be interesting to have a section on the stud dogs of Timothy Ball plus some others we have plans for. Please be patient with us as we get these started and up. It will take some time before they are complete.Some ads may be repeated in other sections but we will try to use different ads when we can so you have different ones to view.

The Studs Of Monroe

This section has ads of Stud Dogs offered by John Monroe.

The Studs Of House

This section has ads of Stud Dogs offered by Joe House.

The Studs Of Merchant

This section has ads of Stud Dogs offered by James Merchant.

The Studs Of Mears

This section has ads of Stud Dogs offered by Lonnie Mears.

The Studs Of Ball

This section has ads of Stud Dogs offered by Timothy Ball.

Comments on Stud Dogs Of

Here you will be able to post any comments or questions about this section.

MEMORIES

Here you can post pictures and or tell stories of memories of the past. This is a place for people to share thoughts and pictures and memories of this great Treeing Walker Breed.

LINKS OF INTEREST

Here you will find links to sites that have more information about the History of the Treeing Walker Breed. Also some links to kennels that have a true interest in breeding the old blood of Treeing Walkers to keep it as strong as possible.

Ads From The Past

 

This section will have ads of hounds that may not have been as famous as some of the greats that helped make the breed but they in their own right contributed to the breed.

From The Foundation Came:

In this section you will find ads and pictures of Hounds that aren't the beginning or the foundation of the Treeing Walker Breed, but came from the Hounds that made up the foundation of the Treeing Walker Breed.This section will include Hounds that became popular and famous 50 years or more after the Treeing Walker Breed was established as a registered coonhound breed.

Comments on From The Foundation Came Section

Here you may post comments or ask questions about the ads and pictures posted on the section, "From The Foundation Came"

Gathright Page

 

This is a very special page for a lot of reasons.  One person who has been very helpful and generous in helping me get some of this information and pictures is Bobby Gathright.  He has helped not wanting or asking to be recognized.  From my dealings with him, he is one of the good guys.  In his eyes one of the good guys is his father Bob Gathright.  The picture in this section is of Bob Gathright and Gathright's Texas Timber.

 

I want to dedicate this section to all of the fathers that got their sons (and now daugthers) started in this great sport.

 

This section will have pictures and ads of hounds that many may not have heard of but were the hounds that made people love the sport of coonhunting.  A dog doesn't have to be famous to be a coondog or to contribute to the improvement of the breed.  In this section will be hounds that may not be well known, but in their way contributed to helping make this breed what it is today.