Since the American English Coonhounds work primarily at night, breeders have selected individuals with the most pleasant sounding and loud voices so that the hunter knows their location. The sounds this breed makes are extremely frequent and incredibly loud (many of them can be clearly heard from a mile away), and if left unchecked, dogs can bark for hours on end. Training and exercise will greatly reduce barking, but of course not eliminate it altogether, so such pets are not for the city.