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Treeing Tennessee Brindle

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Treeing Tennessee Brindle.

UKC: Powerful, agile tree dog of medium size, suggesting speed, stamina and endurance; bred from many old-time Cur-type hunting dogs for the ability to locate and tree any game. AKC breed page: Hunting and treeing dog bred from Cur dogs for great scenting power, an open trailer with good voice; the breed bays during a hunt. Wikipedia: Cur breed; strong propensity for hunting, particularly treeing..

Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.

0INHeightdogs null, bitches null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.
30–50LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 30 to 50 lb; breed bitches 30 to 50 lb.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 16 to 24 in · bitches 16 to 24 in

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

Low/high span UKC (16 to 22) and the AKC combined range (16 to 24).

Weight

dogs 30 to 50 lb · bitches 30 to 50 lb

Breed clubAKC

Low/high span AKC (30 to 50) and Wikipedia (30 to 40). UKC gives no weight.

Coat

UKC: Short, dense and smooth. Brindle, or black with brindle trim; a small amount of white on breast or feet acceptable. Wikipedia: Short and soft.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

UKC Coat and Color. Serious fault: colors other than brindle or black with brindle trim. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Shedding

Shedding 2 of 5 (AKC breed page trait score)

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · Short, dense, smooth coat (UKC Coat)

DerivedUnited Kennel Club

Derived from the UKC coat description (short dense = 4). No measured data.

The dog at home

What the breed asks of a day. The first thing most homes get wrong.

Energy

3 of 5

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

Grooming load

2 of 5

Breed clubAKC

AKC breed page trait score, 1 to 5: a breed-club tendency, never a measurement.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

UKC: Powerful, agile tree dog of medium size, suggesting speed, stamina and endurance; bred from many old-time Cur-type hunting dogs for the ability to locate and tree any game. AKC breed page: Hunting and treeing dog bred from Cur dogs for great scenting power, an open trailer with good voice; the breed bays during a hunt. Wikipedia: Cur breed; strong propensity for hunting, particularly treeing.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

UKC General Description and History; AKC About text. The AKC page says the breed differs from the Plott in being brindle, smaller and shorter-eared. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Primary game

UKC: Any game; the breed concentrated on 'the uncanny ability to locate and tree any game'. AKC breed page: 'tree all kinds of game'. Hepper (editorial): Hunting dogs that specialize in prey that seek refuge in trees.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

No registry or association text names a species; the Treeing Tennessee Brindle Breeders Association site was not in the archive. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

Also used on

Hepper (editorial): Can herd livestock. UKC and AKC state no secondary use.

EditorialNicole Cosgrove, 2024

Single editorial source on this value.

Search pattern

UKC: Strong treeing instinct, desire to hunt and good scenting power; a fast hunter. Voice: 'open trailers, with changeover at the tree. A coarse chop is preferred.' AKC breed page: The breed bays during a hunt (cries out to the hunter); bred for scenting power, an open trailer with good voice. Wikipedia: restates the UKC voice wording. Hepper (editorial): Known for baying loudly when it has treed its quarry; also vocal at home.

Breed clubUnited Kennel Club

UKC Characteristics and Voice, quoted. Mouth: open on track, chop at the tree (not silent). Sources agree; Wikipedia and Hepper repeat the standard. Editorial views are shown beside the standard, labelled; where they disagree both stand (Chad, Oct 8 2026).

More

akc bands

AKC breed page trait scores (1-5): Energy Level 3; Mental Stimulation Needs 4; Trainability Level 3; Barking Level 5; Watchdog/Protective Nature 3; Good With Young Children 3; Openness To Strangers 3; Good With Other Dogs 5; Shedding Level 2; Coat Grooming Frequency 2; Drooling Level 3; Affectionate With Family 5; Playfulness Level 3; Adaptability Level 3.

Breed clubAKC

Fourteen AKC bands in one row; the selector reads each by name. Breed-club ratings: a tendency, never a measurement.

No KENAI kennel lists the Treeing Tennessee Brindle yet. If you breed them, list your kennel free: it shows on this page and in the hunting dog breed finder, under every handler whose answers land on the breed.

How to read this page

Every value carries a label. Measured means peer-reviewed data on many dogs. Studied means peer-reviewed, smaller or indirect. Breed club means a club or registry states it. Editorial means expert opinion with no measurement behind it. Where two good sources disagree, both are shown and neither is averaged.

Published when the entry rests on the best information available from no fewer than three independent sources, checked by a second pass that did not write it. 3 sources on this page. Found something wrong? Tell us and the correction is logged with its date.

Also called
TTB, Tennessee Brindle

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