El I-Coonhound, obizwa nangokuthi "umzingeli we-raccoon", yinja yokulandela ngomkhondo enobukhulu obujwayelekile enesifiso esinamandla sokuzingela, futhi imvamisa iyisilwane esidla ezinye. Iqinile, iyashesha futhi iyashesha, inomqondo ongavamile wokuhogela futhi imelana kakhulu nezimo zezulu ezahlukahlukene. Sikutshela kabanzi ngalolu hlobo.
Imvelaphi yayo ise-United States futhi ifaka phakathi izinhlobo ezahlukene: iBlack and Tan Coonhound, i-American English Coonhound, iBluetick Coonhound, iRedbone Coonhound kanye ne-Treeing Walker Coonhound. Iningi lama-specimens lisuselwa ku-English Foxhound, okuwumphumela weziphambano eziningi. Ingenye yezinhlobo ezindala kakhulu ezweni, esukela ekuzalweni kwayo kusukela ngekhulu le-XNUMX.
Uboya babo bungaba mnyama, i-chestnut, i-tan noma i-bronze, futhi ingaba yi-tricolor, futhi isilinganiso sabo sesisindo siphakathi kuka-25 no-36 kg. Kubonakala futhi ngemisipha emikhulu, izindlebe ezilengayo namehlo amakhulu. Ngokuqondene nobuntu babo, bajwayelekile ezolile futhi ethule, yize badinga umthamo omuhle wokuzivocavoca umzimba ngenxa yesifiso sabo esinamandla sokuzingela.
Ngokuvamile muhle futhi unothando ngezabo, yize kumele zixhumane nemidlwane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuyalulekwa ukulandela ukuqeqeshwa okuqinile futhi okuqinile, okuhlala kusekelwe ekuqiniseni okuhle, ukuze ulinganisele amandla akho achichimayo. Kubalulekile ukuthi ufunde imiyalo yokulalela kahle nokuthi ucace ngemikhawulo yakho, ngokuqondene nabanikazi bakho nezinye izilwane.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iCoonhound imvamisa unempilo enhle. Impilo yakhe engangesiqingatha ilinganiselwa eminyakeni eyi-11, futhi kungenzeka athambekele ekungenweni yizindlebe kanye ne-hip dysplasia. Akudingi ukunakekelwa okukhethekile kakhulu, ngaphezu kokuhlolwa njalo kwezilwane, njengoba kwenzeka nganoma yiluphi uhlobo. Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi siyihlanze njalo ngebhulashi lenjoloba ukususa uboya obufile, kanye nokuhamba okude.