Click on the boxes below to download any of our free posters or the flyer featuring information about coonhounds as pets. No charge--just print and distribute.  We encourage you to bring them to shelters, rescues, veterinarian offices, pet adoption events, or any other place they might catch the attention of people looking to adopt a handsome family dog with lots of personality! 

"Long Ears = Social Networking"
Gentle coonhounds and foxhounds are generally friendly with critters of all types, unless of course they have been trained to hunt them! Because they have long been bred to mingle in hunting packs, they mix especially well with other dogs, even those breeds that might be a bit confrontational such as terriers. Typically coonhounds and foxhounds are social with horses and other larger animals too. And when socialized with small animals like cats early in life, they can be very friendly with even the smallest kittens. New coonhound families should take special care when introducing their cats to their new hound if their history with cats is not known.

Longtime coonhound and foxhound families will tell you that their dogs can be readily trained to ignore farm animals and to redirect interest into tracking scents.

Tell the world that coonhounds can make great pets in families with lots of other animals. Download this poster and post it wherever coonhounds are looking for homes, or print copies and ask if local shelters and vet clinics will let you post it.

Thank you to those who contributed photos to our poster!

"Long Ears & You = Soulmates"
Sensitive coonhounds are deeply devoted to their people ... they seem to read your mind. They seem to know when you want to snuggle, when you want to take a walk, and when you want to concentrate on work. Those big brown eyes see and understand so much. Coonhounds will watch over you like few other dogs will.

Coonhounds are bred to work with their people at a distance. They pay attention to what you want, and they are good at communicating what they want, especially with a large vocabulary of sighs and excited whimpers. They do need to respect you, though. A coonhound won't pay much attention to someone who is is inattentive to them. They are not blindly obedient either. Smart coonhounds just need to understand what you want ... and why. It's up to you to communicate consistently and understandably. 

Coonhound love has long been a well kept secret. It's time to spread the word. Download this poster and post it wherever coonhounds are looking for homes, or print copies and ask if local shelters and vet clinics will let you post it.

An informational flyer by Emily Plishner

This flyer gives a fun take on the endearing features that make coonhounds and foxhounds such great pets, as well as a few warnings about features that might make them a mismatch for some families. This is a great free handout for shelters, rescues, adoption events and the like to give to anyone who sees a coonhound or foxhound they might be interested in adopting, but knows little about the breeds. Many of our hounds' finest features--their musical voices, beautiful long ears, their amazing focus on scents--have some drawbacks even if they are enchanting to the right people.  

We want to see more coonhounds and foxhounds adopted, but we want them to go to forever homes, not places where they will bounce right back into the adoption pool. If the potential new owner smiles when they read this, you have a good match. If a horrified look crosses their face, it isn't! Print copies of this flyer to keep near the coonies you are showing to potential adopters.