Walker hounds stand between 20 and 27 inches at the withers, weighing between 50 and 70 pounds and their markings are bicolor or tricolor with smooth short haired coats.
Walker hounds stand 20-28 inches (51-71 cm) at the withers and weigh 50-70 pounds (23-32 kg). Their markings are bicolor or tricolor with smooth short haired coats.
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Numerous types of walker hounds exist, with the Treeing Walker being the most prominent. They are excellent hunting dogs, most capable in the art of treeing game. They are known to sometimes virtually climb the tree to get at their prey.
These dogs became the foundation for the Virginia hounds that were developed into the Walker hound.
Sometime in the 1800's, a dog known as "Tennessee Lead," a stolen dog of unknown origin, was crossed into the Walker Hound. He was a powerful dog, excelling in game sense, drive and speed, and having a clear, short-chop mouth.
The breed was developed by a colonel from Kentucky that crossed Irish dogs with Walker hounds to produce a better suited hunting dog. The muscular hunting breed weighs 33 to 55 pounds and stands 20 to 26 inches tall.
Overview: Originating in the United States, this hunting and working breed was developed in the 1800's. The Treeing Walker Coonhound is the most prominent of the walker hounds.
Name: Derived from their habit of climbing trees after their game and the Walker hound from which it was derived.
Dogs from that strain were subsequently called Walker Hounds because the Walker brothers kept careful records of dogs produced from this strain. Other strains of Foxhounds include Trigg, Goodman, July, Calhoun and Hudspeth.
The race began when a stolen canine of unknown origin, that consist of "Tennessee Lead", identified as inside the Walker Hound was exceeded inside the 1800s. Thomas Walker experienced imported the English Foxhound to Virginia 1742.
In the 1800s a dog of unknown origin that seemed like a foxhound but had an intense work drive was crossed with the Walker hounds. The offspring of these hounds produced what is now known as the Treeing Walker Coonhound.
Harris and Capt. Dick Baxter were probably the founding breeders of this strain. At one time, this strain was called July-Maryland. This strain, as exists today, is different in conformation from the Walker Hounds.
 See also: Foxhound, Coonhound, Treeing Walker Coonhound, English Foxhound, Smooth
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