honalieh
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Registered: Jul 2003
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Southern Blue Pride
John Treadwell bought this dog and promoted him extensively. He advertised that he bought the dog for $18,500 (unheard of at that time). They set up a futurity for Pride offspring, with high $ projected pay-outs. The PCA/PKC Futurity did not exist at that time. The $ numbers Treadwell was putting out there and promoting were staggering for that time period. The advertised price paid for the dog (don't know if it was true or not), the projected futurity pay-outs, and the extensive promotion were unlike anything ever seen before in the coonhound game.
This gives you an idea of why Pride was bred extensively. It had nothing to do with his reproductive ability. It was all marketing driven.
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