Steve Flint
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Gallipolis,Ohio
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quote:
Originally posted by Nat Thomas
Todd Kellam JUST called me and informed me that the number of nite hunts is the highest point it has been since he started. The average number of dogs entered in nite hunts is virtually the same.
The major thing is that MOST people in the coonhound world are starting to understand about fixing genetics(ie. linebreeding) to get a predictable outcome and when to outcross. Therefore, we will start to see more studs reproduce higher percentages. It's taken a long time but coonhound breeders are finally starting to learn some of the things that other working dog breeders (ie. German Sheperds, Belgian Malinois) have known for years.
Another thing that I'm starting to see fade away is jealousy within the breeds. People are starting to breed their females to studs that are compatible with their female, and are reproducing. Instead of "I'm not going to breed to that dog because so and so owns it." Which we all know happens.
We will see records broken.
You can only line breed so long then the bottom falls out of the line in coonhounds:
(breeding coonhounds is prob the most difficult thing to breed because you are breeding to get good in so many traits, herding dogs and shepherds don't have to excel in nearly as many traits as a coonhound to be useable)
A line breeding produces cookie cutter litters (means they may all be decent but the chances of getting that great one decline every time you breed!) Most of your freakishly good dogs are from outcrosses. you also get the good with the bad, sometimes line breeding you get more bad than good. Out crossing is what made the coonhounds of 10-20 yrs ago have strong traits, nose, tracking (those 2 are different), locating (accuracy which is not being bred for), IMHO I have seen the Walkers decline in the last 10 yrs to the point it is hard to find a cold nosed dog that can trail and tree a cold coon and move the track like they used to be able to. Too many all Grand Pedigrees. winning hunts on circle points and winning competitions against other average dogs don't make a dog a coondog!
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Thank GOD that we can still free cast dogs in this country!
Always try to breed the best to the best, never seen a set of papers tree a coon!
Gr Nt Ch "Pr" Flint's Ohio River Tammy (Produced 2 Southeastern Treeing Walker Days Champions)
Gr Nt Ch "PR" Flint's Terrible Tiny
(Tammy X Wootens Ohio River Duke)
Gr Ch Gr Nt Ch "Pr"Flint's Rat Poison
( Rat Attack X Hot Pepper)
Gr Nt Ch Gr Ch "Pr"Flint's Pine Knot
(Iron Eagle X Hot Pepper)
Nt Ch "Pr"Flint's Jody
Nt Ch "Pr"Flint's Big E
(Rat X Tiny)
Ch Nt Ch "Pr"Flint & Chilzers Rat's Boy
( Rat X Pepper)
Nt Ch Ch "Pr" Torch's Hot Pepper
(Torch X Tammy )
=4 wins to GR Nt(1999 Southeastern Treeing Walker Days High Scoring Opposite Sex Winner)
Nt Ch "Pr"Torch's Hot Son
(Torch X Tammy)
Gr. Nt. Ch. "Pr" Flint's Spider Monkey -2 time double cast winner at TWBFA Days
(Gr Nt Ch Honey Creek Spider x Nt Ch Gibbies Easy Money)
Ch Gr Nt Ch Slobber Slingin Daisy May
(Big E X Slobber Slingin Poison)
Ch Gr Nt Ch Slobber Slinging Iron Butterfly
(Gr Nt Ch Gander x Ch Gr Nt Ch Slobber Slinging Daisy May)
Nt Ch Flint’s Tiger Lilly
(Gr Nt Ch Martin’s Hardwood Solo x Hoy’s Treetop Mandy)
Nt Ch Flint’s Sod Buster
(Camo Man x Slobber Sling Daisy May)
Last edited by Steve Flint on 10-24-2013 at 03:20 PM
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