{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_treeing_walker_coonhound_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_treeing_walker_coonhound_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Treeing Walker Coonhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC breed-standard derived fact summary (paraphrased per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3; numbers and proper nouns preserved).\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/treeing_walker_coonhound_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_treeing_walker_coonhound_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_treeing_walker_coonhound_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club)\"\n  title: \"Treeing Walker Coonhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.akc.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Treeing Walker Coonhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The Treeing Walker is an American coonhound bred to track and tree raccoons and to excel in coonhound field events; it is alert, intelligent, active, courteous and courageous with great endurance.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Height is 22–27 inches for males and 20–25 inches for females; the dog stands a little taller at the shoulder than at the hip, and weight should match height.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is smooth, glossy and short yet dense enough to protect, a close hard hound coat.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Tri-colour (white, black and tan) is preferred; white may dominate with black markings and tan trim, or black may dominate with white and tan, while white with tan or black spots is also accepted.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Penalties cover many points: a flat or narrow skull with too much bone, high-set short ears, yellow or light eyes, a nose not black, a short thick neck or throatiness, a topline higher at the rear or roached, an over-curved or rat tail, crooked forelegs or weak pasterns, flat splayed feet, and a coat that is too short, thin or soft; other colour combinations are penalised.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The standard lists no disqualifying conditions for the breed.\n","sources":["companion-breed-standard — Treeing Walker Coonhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type) (retrieved 2026-08-02)"],"source":{"authority":"companion-breed-standard","title":"Treeing Walker Coonhound — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)","url":"https://www.akc.org","retrieved":"2026-08-02","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/treeing_walker_coonhound_combined.txt"},"source_document":"AKC (American Kennel Club)","source_file":"pdf-raw/breed-standard/treeing_walker_coonhound_combined.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":542,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}