Treeing Walker Coonhound News

• From the January 2011 Board Meeting – The Southeastern Treeing Walker Association is the official parent club for the Treeing Walker Coonhound and to accept the Treeing Walker Coonhound into the AKC Stud Book on December 1st, 2011. The breed will be eligible to compete in the Hound Group beginning January 1st, 2012. There will be an open registry for the breed until January 1, 2020.
• From the July 2008 Board Meeting – The AKC Treeing Walker Association will serve as the AKC Parent Club to represent the Treeing Walker Coonhound and will be eligible to compete in the Miscellaneous Class, effective January 1, 2009.
• December 2003 – The Board approved the eligibility of some Foundation Stock breeds, which meet certain criteria, for competition in AKC Companion Events (Obedience, Tracking, and Agility), effective January 1, 2004. The breeds must have a minimum of 150 dogs with three generation pedigrees recorded in the FSS®, a national breed club with members in at least 20 states, and an AKC approved breed standard. The breeds that currently meet the criteria are the Irish Red and White Setter, the Cesky Terrier, the Coton de Tulear, the Norwegian Lundehund, the FSS® Black and Tan Coonhound, the Bluetick Coonhound, the American English Coonhound, the Treeing Walker Coonhound, the Peruvian Inca Orchid, the Sloughi, the Dogue de Bordeaux, the Tibetan Mastiff, the Perro de Presa Canario, the Chinook, the Norwegian Buhund, the Swedish Vallhund, the Finnish Lapphund, and the Pyrenean Shepherd. Requests by breed clubs to have their breeds compete in the various Performance Events would be considered on a case-by-case basis.