Just curious...how do running walkers and treeing walkers differ breedwise?
Cutter, What are the traits that would allow someone to visually tell the difference?
Bryant,
Running walkers tend to have broom tails. They also have a coarser hair. Their heads don't have the "blocky" look to them. Also, although they are colored up similar, Treeing walkers tend to be more "bright" and "distinct" in their color pattern. Running walkers often times give a dull apearance on their coat. Typically, running walkers are all about the chase, but get bored when the game bays up. More of them don't have the extra grit to hunt big game that likes to fight back. Please stop right here, and notice I did not say all. I'm sure JP has had some straight running blood that with the proper encouragement, would eat a hog up. For the most part, treeing walkers have slick tails. They also seem to shine if they are taken care off. Their coats also often times are much shorter than the average running walker. Generally, treeing walkers have more grit than running hounds. Both typically have a chop mouth on track. Most walker folks like the caught turkey sound steady pounding out as they are on the run. There still are those breeders that like a big bawl though. I have an older friend that has raised running walkers for many years. I would say God is the only one that knows how many animals he has killed in front of his dogs throughout his life. He hunts hard, real hard, and has for 50 plus years. He had a running walker that he called one thing, but I called "Johnny Cash" because daddy sang bass. He actually started calling him Johnny Cash because I kept calling him that. Kinda funny. The dog was like 7 yeards old. He origianlly called him RUSTY.
