Today, the American Foxhound is one of our oldest breeds and one of the rarest. Our founding father was creative with the names he gave to these “perfect foxhounds,” including Tipsy, Tipler, and Drunkard! He strived to improve the dogs by breeding them with French Foxhounds that were a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette.
George Washington was known as a breeder and kept a pack of American Foxhounds at Mount Vernon. The American Foxhound is one of the oldest, and may even be the first, dog breed developed in the United States. Descendants of those hounds were bred with other European hounds to develop a dog that was taller, lighter, and faster to suit the terrain of this new country.
The breed was developed from a line of dogs brought to the American colonies from England by Robert Brooke in 1650. Lovers of the American Foxhound could rave all day about these sweet, easygoing hounds, yet even the most ardent fan will tell you that the American Foxhound comes with his own special traits.
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