Although this dog is truly an American breed, the American foxhound is believed to have descended from English hounds which were brought to America in 1650 by Robert Brooke. As the story goes, it was more than a century later that descendents of those English foxhounds were bred with a French dog that had been presented as a gift to George Washington from Lafayette. So the combination of French and English foxhounds created the American foxhound breed. It is believed that by the 1700s, this breed became quite popular with the upper class (including George Washington) as a hunting companion. Pedigrees for the American foxhound date back as far as 1850, when hunting spread to the southern portion of the country. Hunters preferred the foxhound because of its ability to hunt, chase, and even kill a fox by itself. The American foxhound is considered to be more streamlined than its English cousins...... Find out more about this dog breed.
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