Helen Clark
#7 This breed will typically greet strangers with the same baying noise they make while out hunting.
#8 Bluetick Coonhounds are considered an important part of southern culture.
#9 There is even a Bluetick Coonhound mascot for the University of Tennessee called Smokey.
#10 The American Blue Gascon Hound is a subgroup of the Bluetick Coonhound breed.
#11 This breed is agile and intelligent.
#12 Many Bluetick Coonhounds have appeared in television and film.
One of the most famous is the cartoon character Huckleberry Hound. A dog called Old Blue appears in the 1960 film ‘Wild River’ and another dog called Tet is in the 1980s television series ‘Airwolf’.