Crazy Luke
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Registered: Mar 2007
Location: NJ
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My best
Here goes.. Not trying to boast or think I did anything special. The best dog to come from my kennel was PKC Silver Champion Gr Nt Ch Jon Henry. He was from Gr Nt Banjo III and Nt Ch Mandolin. I only raised him to 8 weeks old, but do now own his littermate sister. She has 4 wins to grand. These dogs posses some of the characteristics you are looking for. They are fast in just about all the categories you listed for speed. The last hunt she did what you said, treed a coon in 30 seconds while another dog was crapping. True story. She can put points on the card. For a female she has a pretty good mouth. She likes to be by herself, will get some first strikes because she gets out fast. Will not babble at all. She barks , strike her, she locates don't hesitate, tree her. If she is far away and making a lot of noise, tree her, she will be treed. Will not leave a tree, will not start trouble. If she wins normally she does not make mistakes.. All her wins she had zero minus points. If coon are moving she can look really awesome. If coons are not she will get treed somewhere on something. She is a tree dog… Wishing she was a little more consistent but that might be because she has never really been pushed. I hunt maybe twice a week, three times if I am lucky. If she was in a competition hunters hands that hunted every day and every weekend at a hunt she would also probably be a silver champion. I breed for drive, mouth and fast tree dogs. Won't breed to a medium mouth dog, a babbler, a me too dog or one that can not get deep and fast. Also won't breed to one that comes back to me at all… I have GPS, I will find you. Also like to see titles on a dog. I want to reward the person that spends the time to do that by breeding my gyp to his stud. I like the Fireball studs crossed on to Sawbllade females. It is a winning combination. Check out the winners from Jan 1 until now. Are they all bred this way, no, but there are a bunch. Banjo III put the speed into my dogs. Working on some crosses now for the future. Pigeon River Jim to my Coon Bustin Mandy, a Sandy Creek Jake, Banjo III Mandolin mix. Last litter was Mandy II to Jon Jr, off Jon Henry and Mississippi. Will see how they turn out seeing they have my dogs top and bottom. Good luck to all in the game. Lucas Rereading your thread, the last comment is something to discuss. You said there was a track although cold. Why does a dog have to be considered cold nose just because they bark…. My dog would tree that coon, but would in most circumstances not say a whole lot until she is just about treed, while other dogs are boo hoping behind her. I think that smart dogs shut their mouth to gain on a coon and have heard this from some old-timers also. Just something to talk about. That might be a separate thread although. Rick Jayroe could probably give you a dissertation on the subject.
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