Kwakabva Treeing Walker Coonhound inyaya refu. Yakadzika kubva kuChirungu foxhound, yakashandiswa neVirginia Hounds yeKentucky kubatsira mukuvhima nekuronda mhuka. Asi vakanga vasina kukodzera kutandanisa mhuka huru.
Munenge muna 1900, imbwa dzeWalker dzakazozivikanwa mumhando yavo yekupedzisira. Uye yakanga ichiwedzera kushandiswa mukuvhima uye kukwevera ngwariro kumhuka, nokuti yakanga yakanyatso rovedzwa nokuda kwaizvozvo. Kubva 2012, rudzi urwu rwave rwuri chikamu chenguva dzose AKC rudzi.