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Mainly bred in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, it has been registered with the United Kennel Club since 1998 and has since been recognised by the American Kennel Club, the National Kennel Club and the Continental Kennel Club. [1] [2] [3] The Mountain Cur Breeders' Association was formed in 1957.
[1] [2] Hugh Stephens is considered the founder of the modern breed, [1] it was recognised by the United Kennel Club in 1998. [ 3 ] The Stephens Stock is predominantly used to hunt squirrel and raccoon ; too small to hunt black bear and cougar singly, when hunted as a pack they are considered to have sufficient courage to take on either species.
The Treeing Feist is a breed of feist from the Southeastern United States. Originally considered a single breed, Treeing Feist and Mountain Feist are now separately recognized by the United Kennel Club. Feist, originally bred to hunt squirrels, were separated into several breeds, often crossed with rat terriers.
Despite considerable confusion, Mountain Feist or Treeing Feist dogs are their own unique breed. Where Rat Terriers are considered a specific breed within the feist type. Because the word "feist" refers to a general type of dog just as " hound " and "terrier" refer to a group of breeds, Rat Terriers are still often called "feists".
The Treeing Tennessee Brindle's development began in the early 1960s with the efforts of Reverend Earl Phillips. Because of a column he was then writing in a hunting dog magazine, Phillips became aware of the existence of brindle curs—hunting and treeing dogs with brown coats, "tiger-striped" with black.
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In 1987 a breed club was formed to support the breed, the Southern Black Mouth Cur Breeders Association, and in 1998 the breed was recognised by the United Kennel Club. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Northern state dog rescue organizations have been actively transporting rescue dogs of the breed from shelters in the south.
The Treeing Walker Coonhound was developed in the Colonial era from crosses of English Foxhounds. John W. Walker and George Washington Maupin, two breeders from Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia, are given credit for the breed's initial development. [2] The dogs they bred were referred to as Walker Hounds and were used to hunt raccoons.