Breeding Coon Hounds: When Is Online Breeding The Best Option?

When breeding raccoon dogs, it’s hard to make that “perfect” combination that will bring out a litter of all the superstars that start running and breed their own raccoon at 6 months of age and split the trees at 9 months. In fact, that’s usually pretty uncommon, although I’ve hunted and owned raccoon dogs that were like that, they are few and far between.

When different raccoon dog bloodlines are crossed, it can sometimes be like playing the lottery. My experience with raising raccoon dogs is that “line breeding” works best. Line breeding is simply crossing similar bloodlines. For example, they may have the same grandfather. Or maybe their grandmothers were littermates or cousins. Or they could just have the same dog or their brother/sister somewhere in their 7th generation pedigree. These crosses can be as close as half brothers and sisters being raised. In fact, I owed him a Treeing Walker Coon Hound whose parents were sired by Gr. Nt. Ch. Hicountry’s Nite Heat and was a pretty solid hound. However, I do not recommend online parenting that close.

My experience breeding raccoon dogs has shown that the best line breeding cross is first cousin breeding. This means that one of the parents of the breeding pair will be brothers and/or sisters. Most commonly, the parents of the breeding pair are siblings. However, I must point out that when doing this you must choose quality bloodlines. The reason this works so well is because it duplicates the genetics. This means that the pups are more likely to have the same qualities as their ancestors. So this is also valid for negative qualities. So if you are breeding first cousins ​​that have many negative qualities, the chances double that the coon hound puppies will have these same negative qualities.

Now how do I know this works? It is very easy for those who follow raccoon dog bloodlines. I used to part-own a Treeing Walker Coon Hound stallion named Gr. Nt. Ch. Abbot’s Bawling Rebel, now known to be a proven breeder. Bawling Rebel was crossed with several daughters of Gr. Nt. Ch. Harry Styled, which was owned by Tim Ball. The most famous of these crosses produced quality raccoon dogs such as Gr. Nt. Ch. Stylish Platinum (sold for $30,000), Dual Grand Ch. Stylish Gold (another proven player) and many others. Bawling Rebel’s sire was Gr. Nt. Stylish Rebel from Ch. Ole South and was the brother of Stylish Harry from Ball. The list of dogs that come from this cross and other similar ones can justify the benefits of first cousins ​​by consanguinity. But this is just one particular bloodline out of thousands that have used this successfully. The Wipeout lineage of raccoon dogs is another good example.

In conclusion, when you decide to breed your raccoon hounds, you should seriously consider finding a quality first cousin. This will increase your chances of producing a quality raccoon hound litter.