United English Breeders & Fanciers Assoc.
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Congratulations to the 2024 Coonhound World Championship Winners!
Congratulations to the 3 English dogs who made it to the top 27 of The Coonhound World Championship and the rest who competed!
Congratulations to the 2024 Autumn Oaks Winners!
Congratulations to the National Dual Championship winner for 2024, GRNITECH 'PR' Black Jack's Hardtime Nova, an English Female owned by Colten and Gunner Hein.
Nova becomes the first English to win the National Dual Championship since its inception in 2018!
2024 Election
Nite Hunt 5 Star Outstanding English Coonhound Race!
Bench Show 5 Star Outstanding English Coonhound Race!
2024 English Days King of Hunt
2024 English Days Queen of Hunt
2024 English Days King of Show
2024 English Days Queen of Show
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English Days photos and winners
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History of the Breed
The English Coonhound is without a doubt the oldest of the six breeds. Sound familiar? I have read the history of all six breeds and each of them claims to be the oldest. I am not talking here of dogs registered with U.K.C. The order in which these dogs came is fact and cannot be questioned. I am talking of records which claim to go back as far as 1000 AD.
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Official UKC Standards
The goals and purposes of this breed standard include: to furnish guidelines for breeders who wish to maintain the quality of their breed and to improve it; to advance this breed to a state of similarity throughout the world; and to act as a guide for judges.