Welcome to my Redbone Coonhound blog. 
My name is Janet Ford. Along with my husband, John, we raise both Redbone and English Coonhounds. John is a 3rd generation coonhound fancier and I was also raised in the world of dogs, though not coonhounds. My Mom raises boston terriers – her 2nd litter ever born to her was on the same day I was born, 38 yrs ago. She is now getting out of bostons so that she can now pursue cavalier king charles spaniels; which is the same breed my sister raises and shows extensively – which is her main reasoning behind the change. It’s just more fun to do these things together. 
My brother raises newfoundlands. So you can see, from birth, I was destined to ‘go to the dogs’. LOL
My husband and I actually started out with border collies due to our farm needs. Only 3 border collies, it was a start into the world of dog breeding on our own without the umbrella of being at home with our parents. With the dispersal of our cattle and dairy goats (which I showed on the national level), all but one of our herding companions were placed in another home. Our remaining gal is now a teenager and official bed warmer.
Several years ago, we saw a need for a dog for our middle son, David, who was spending more and more time alone walking through the woods exploring the land we own here in Lake county, Michigan. A coonhound was the natural choice. In entered Music, dear sweet natured and beautiful Music. The bug of his childhood, very quickly bit John once again and we gradually increased the number of coonhounds living and hunting with us.
As one of John’s favorite childhood memories was of an English Coonhound named Tiny, it was only a matter of time before he brought one home. Tiny was a redtick english coonhound. We found Dutchess, a redtick who looks so like the charming black/white photo we have of John’s Dad and Uncle with Tiny that it could give you goosebumps. And like Tiny, Dutchess is a real go-getter in the woods. A true force to be reckoned with.
At the time of this writing, we are owned by 5 redbone coonhounds and 3 english coonhounds. And 21… count em’…. 21 gorgeous puppies. OIY!! Two redbone litters and after having english for years, finally our first english litter.
I put up this blog so I could share more info on my redbone coonhounds in a chatty sort of way versus the more static nature of my website.
I look forward to sharing more of our coonhound antics with you in the near future. Also, look for us to add an English coonhound blog very soon.
I’ve gotta say…
This is a great read. I enjoyed reading it – a lot.
You have a great style.
We are in need of help, we recently rescued a red bone coon hound mix and we need some games to play with her. We are used to a retreiver whom will fetch anything. She is all scent hound and we can’t come up with any games to play and exercize her physically and mentally. If you have any suggestions or know where I can turn. please let me know. We have 5 acres so she has room to run.
Thank you
i really enjoyed reading your blog and looking at your website. we just adopted a rescued redbone puppy with health issues and just love him!!
I have always had blueticks and red tick for coonhunting r red bone has good at trailen coons as blueticks&redticks r ? if so i would buy one my coonhounds r geting old on me fast if u would reply back to me . long live coonhunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, they certainly are. We’ve had better luck with the redbones over blueticks, personally. We also own a few redticks who are fantastic. I would put them as equals with our redbones as far as our personal kennel goes.