Wayne Steele from Wakefield, Va. grooms his platt hound,”Honey,” before competing in the big show. (Staff Photo: Jim West)Marcellus Favors communicates with his coon dog Roy previous to the AKC Southern Heritage Hunt and Show event on Saturday. (Staff Photo: Jim West)Michael Ford escorts his red bone hound, Warrior River-My Disaster, around the competition ring. The red bone was later named champion female of the breed. (Staff Photo: Jim West)John Boyter of Woodruff, S.C. parades his treeing walker, Ben Creek Southern Boy, in show competition. (Staff Photo: Jim West)Dog show judge H.L. Myers inspects a red bone hound during show competition. (Staff Photo: Jim West)Some say that if a coon dog isn’t barking he’s probably scratching an itch. (Staff Photo: Jim West)Jimmy Phillips, an Exchange Club member and district representative of the American Kennel Club (AKC) was instrumental in bringing the Southern Heritage Hunt and Show to Albany in 2013. (Staff Photo: Jim West)