ov_blues
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Location: Pomeroy, Ohio
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Thanks Coty
In 1951, Dad bought a pup off of Shorty Warren up in Ohio. Dad was 16, working for a few cents an hour, and he paid $50 for that first Bluetick pup. Her name was Callies Blue Smokey Bell and she was out of Smokey River Smoke and Blue Callie of Missouri. Up to that point, Dad had hunted cur dogs and Bell showed him what a hound was capable of. Later he bred Bell to Blue Rock who was out of Sk Newmon Mo. Blue Joe and Blue Lady. This produced Ohio Valley Blue Beauty. Dad then bought Nt Ch Brinkers Blue Shine, who was out of Blevins Blue Ace and Blevins Blue June. Awhile back, Dave Dean had an article in one of the magazines and mentioned Dad coming up to the cabin and visiting him and taking Hammer II and Dad's Blevins bred dog hunting and seeing some good dog work. That dog was Shine. Dad bred Beauty to Shine and that produced Gr Ch Ohio Valley Blue Tick. Tick was the dog that Dad compared every dog to for his entire life. Tick was born the same year as I was, 1965, and was the first dog that I hunted with and shot out my first coon to him. The picture that the artist painted on the headstone is from a black and white picture of Old Tick that Dad had from 1972. I gave the artist a colored picture of another dog that I remembered being the same color as Tick and she painted the picture from it. I thought she did a super good job and am so happy with the way it turned out.
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John Smith
Ohio Valley Bluetick Kennel
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