COUNTRY: USA
WEIGHT: 75-110 pounds
HEIGHT: 24I/2-30 inches
COAT: Short, thick and dense
COLOR: Any color or combination of colors
GROUP: Hound
The creation of this breed is very recent, but the stem stock goes clear back to medieval northern France and the hounds of St. Hubert. The motives of this breed's creators were much the same as those who sponsor the American Blue Gascon Hound. These hunters wanted to save the large, cold-nosed, methodical working hound as a type in America, but the Majestic Tree Hound's forebear was the working Bloodhound.
Big game hounds of the old Bloodhound/Tal-bot/St. Hubert type inhabited American soil formany years, and these were crossed with a variety of other hounds for coldtrailing work. The Majestic people say they crossed these Bloodhounds with "western big-game hounds." These dogs may have been of the Gascon type like the Old Line dogs or even strains from those long ago Porcelaines that went west with the Rousseau family.
Lee Newhart, Jr., and several others created the National Majestic Tree Hound Association in 1980, and registered the first hounds in that year. These are big hounds with males averaging over 100 pounds. They have the long, low-set earage (with a minimum length specified), heavy flew and dewlap of their ancestors from the Ardennes. They carry more excess skin in general than the American Blue Gascon, and are noteworthy for their abundant flew and dewlap, as well as facial wrinkles.
Intended for rugged terrain and long endurance, they are most suited for lion, bear, bobcat and jaguar, and are able to drive the big cats from their hiding places. Newhart offers a hunter's account of the scene: "It was a wild sight. The maddened hounds bayed at the foot of the pine. Above them in the lower branches stood the big horse-killing cat, the destroyer of the deer, the lord of stealthy murder, facing his doom with a heart both craven and cruel."
They also make superior coon hunters where the speed and numbers treed are not as important as the skill, voice and persistence of a fine hound. (This is true also of American Blue Gascon and Plott Hounds, both big game hunters.) An exquisite nose finds a track where other hounds would fail, and the coldtrailing ability keeps him on it long after others would have given up and gone home.
This is an extemely good-natured and affectionate hound, accepting equally both praise and correction. He is not quarrelsome with his fellows and has a noble and dignified expression.
WEIGHT: 75-110 pounds
HEIGHT: 24I/2-30 inches
COAT: Short, thick and dense
COLOR: Any color or combination of colors
GROUP: Hound
The creation of this breed is very recent, but the stem stock goes clear back to medieval northern France and the hounds of St. Hubert. The motives of this breed's creators were much the same as those who sponsor the American Blue Gascon Hound. These hunters wanted to save the large, cold-nosed, methodical working hound as a type in America, but the Majestic Tree Hound's forebear was the working Bloodhound.
Big game hounds of the old Bloodhound/Tal-bot/St. Hubert type inhabited American soil formany years, and these were crossed with a variety of other hounds for coldtrailing work. The Majestic people say they crossed these Bloodhounds with "western big-game hounds." These dogs may have been of the Gascon type like the Old Line dogs or even strains from those long ago Porcelaines that went west with the Rousseau family.
Lee Newhart, Jr., and several others created the National Majestic Tree Hound Association in 1980, and registered the first hounds in that year. These are big hounds with males averaging over 100 pounds. They have the long, low-set earage (with a minimum length specified), heavy flew and dewlap of their ancestors from the Ardennes. They carry more excess skin in general than the American Blue Gascon, and are noteworthy for their abundant flew and dewlap, as well as facial wrinkles.
Intended for rugged terrain and long endurance, they are most suited for lion, bear, bobcat and jaguar, and are able to drive the big cats from their hiding places. Newhart offers a hunter's account of the scene: "It was a wild sight. The maddened hounds bayed at the foot of the pine. Above them in the lower branches stood the big horse-killing cat, the destroyer of the deer, the lord of stealthy murder, facing his doom with a heart both craven and cruel."
They also make superior coon hunters where the speed and numbers treed are not as important as the skill, voice and persistence of a fine hound. (This is true also of American Blue Gascon and Plott Hounds, both big game hunters.) An exquisite nose finds a track where other hounds would fail, and the coldtrailing ability keeps him on it long after others would have given up and gone home.
This is an extemely good-natured and affectionate hound, accepting equally both praise and correction. He is not quarrelsome with his fellows and has a noble and dignified expression.
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