Cody C
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Registered: Feb 2018
Location: Montpelier, VA
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I could have a different response to this every night of the week, but since I'm not hunting my hard headed timber chopper dog tonight I'll have mostly good things to say.
We certainly have a love/hate relationship. Sue is an affectionate dog mostly well mannered, even in the kennel, and pretty smart.
Sue is a hard hunting, hard tree dog but she's got to be hunted regularly to get tuned in, as do most dogs.
She doesn't do well in the heat unless she's got competition, but will look like a completely different dog when the temp drops below 60.
Generally a short ranged dog when hunted alone (400 to 600 yards). Often times takes a few minutes to get gone when hunted alone, but will get gone quick if she has another dog that will go with her.
She's fast for a redbone, not always the first strike but moves the track pretty quick and fast on the tree.
She was around 14 months before she treed her first coon solo, so not the quickest starter but not too old either.
She's made nite champ and on her way to grand, and I'm fairly new to the comp world. With an experienced handler she would already be grand. I like her enough that I just had her bred to the 2019 Purina breed winner and top 100 in UKC this year, GrNt Shannon's PDR Red Roc.
I'm good friends with the owner of her father so I can tell you what he's like too. Timber Chopper Rosco was a tough dog to complete with in his younger days when he was hunted 5 or 6 nights a week. He would get as deep as needed to get a track and get treed. Not competition hunted enough back then and is now 8 years old, but 1 win from NtCh. Rosco was a late starter, but Jon kept him in the woods and wouldn't give up. Rosco needs to be hunted a lot before he gets right, and that's always been the case.
IMO, the biggest problem with Timber Chopper blood in past 10 to 15 years, maybe longer, is that pups were mass produced and mostly sold to non-hunters. A few were hunted, some made good bear dogs, while the majority were sold as house pets.
When I show up to a hunt with a redbone, people are a bit surprised, especially when I win. The redbone folks don't expect much either when they find out how she's bred... Maybe I just got a good one, but I believe if given a chance they can make some very nice dogs.
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