Walker is a 3-year-old treeing coonhound mix who was transported from North Carolina. Currently he is at the Salem Animal Rescue League polishing his manners and learning new tricks. He loves ...

The Southeastern Treeing Walker Coon Dog hunts and shows have returned to the Rowan County Fairgrounds for the 25th year in their 40 years of competition.

I also like the Walker coon dogs because some breeds can get on a deer trail or another trail rather than a coon, and will try getting something other than a coon.

Some 200 coon dogs — an assortment of Walkers, Redbones and Blueticks, but no other types of dogs allowed — rest in the shade of the oaks at a place the coon hunters once called Sugar Creek Camp.

A prized treeing Walker coonhound named Minnie Pearl was the dog who fell to its death Monday night in the pursuit of a raccoon, a family member said. “She came from a highly regarded bloodline ...