Ron Ashbaugh
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Location: Mercer PA
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This is the best I ever saw it said:
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Originally posted by John Carroll
Boys, I don't have much of a stake in this, not being a Walker man, but I have hunted with enough Sackett dogs and Lipper dogs to have an opinion, and since this is a place where they are expressed, I will voice it.
I think it is fair to say that percentage wise, Jr. produced a higher percentage of what I call usable dogs than any Walker stud in history. His pups, by and large, made coon treers. They were trainable, and were tree dogs. They were the kind of dogs that casual coon hunters can get along with.
Lipper on the other hand, threw a higher percentage of culls and rejects, but the good ones out of old Lipper were, in my opinion, a cut above the Sackett Jr. dogs, at least for what I like in a hound.
I don't think any Walker stud has marked the breed as distinctively as Lipper did. His pups were easily recognizable both by physical appearance and the way they sounded and operated. I don't think Jr. dogs are as distinct; but they are coon treers.
I know there are exceptions, and out of 2,000 pups there are going to be some real dandies.
But the Jr. bred dogs I have huted with did not have the drive, the speed, and the mouth of the best of the Lipper dogs. They were easier to get along with and caused less headaches for their trainers, in my opinion.
I will say this, and then I will leave you spotted dog fanciers alone and let you shoot me full of holes...
The Walker breed, with the popularity and prevalence of the Rat Attack dogs and their offspring, is in dire need of another good stud dog that will throw some of what Lipper put into the breed.
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