The two spotted dogs on the left look like Walker hounds, developed here in the county where I live, to use for fox hunting. They are now found nearly world wide and are used for variety of small and large game.
A strain of the breed will tree and is known as the Treeing Walker. Walkers are a faster dog than the older hound breeds and excelled in the competitive hunts with judges and trophies.
Much of my misspent youth was spent following hounds like these for coons. It was the sound of the hounds that was so addictive. We never shot one. We would either squall them out or someone would shinny up the tree and shake them out for the dogs.
Our county is now too built up for coon hunting and the new neighbors are less understanding than those of 50 years ago.
