Oak Ridge
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Originally posted by RED REBELS
a few years back I was talking to a feller about why he doesnt like saddle backed dogs (I like white, but I also like the big blanket back, red headed, red legs look, if you know what I mean)
He said it was because, in his experience, the ones with more color, overheated more often.
Have you experienced this?
Liz,
In short...yes and no.
Overheating is primarily a combination of conditioning, diet, and the amount of energy exerted at a tree.
I truly believe that I have never seen a 140 bark a minute tree dog that was open spotted. I'm not saying they don't exist, but they are not as prevalent as the blanket backed dogs that are known to be "power" tree dogs.
I believe that whatever trait makes them tree that hard is somehow genetically linked with the color pattern that makes them blanket backed.
I had an old Spring Creek Rock dog several years ago that was as hard a tree dog as anyone was packing. If he was hunted in hot weather and was in condition, he would not overheat...but if I hunted him once a week, he treed hard enough to get overheated...so I truly believe that the blanket backed dogs that genetically are programmed to tree hard like that need to be in tip top condition, with quality feed, or they are more prone to overheating that a "steady" tree dog that is barking 50 or 60 times a minute.....
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