Mark Risher
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Surfside Beach, SC
Posts: 786 |
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY!!
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RANDY,
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS!!
THANKS MAN!!!!
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GUYS,
I AM 42 YEARS OLD AND SOON TO BE 43 AND I HAVE BEEN HUNTING ALL MY LIFE AND INVOLVED WITH COON HUNTING FOR A LONG TIME.
THE BEST DOG I EVER WALKED BEHIND WAS A FEMALE OUT OF WAGER'S STYLISH LIPPER THAT I OWNED AROUND 1993. TIM CRAMER PUT ME ON THE DOG. A FRIEND OF HIS HAD HER. SHE MADE GRAND NITE AT 16 MONTHS OLD WITH THE HELP OF A GOOD FRIEND, RONNIE RUDD. SHE WAS NOT PERFECT BUT SHE WAS EVERYTHING THAT WE ALL LOOK FOR IN A COONDOG. WE BOUGHT HER AT 13 MONTHS OLD WITH 100 DOLLARS WON IN PKC. I TRIED HER OUT ON A CAST. SHE SPLIT 3 TIMES. SLICK ONCE, POSSUM ONCE, AND A COON.
SOME WOULD LOOK AT THIS AS BAD BUT I DIDN'T. SHE WAS LOUD, A HARD TREE DOG, AND A PRESSURE TREE DOG ALREADY. SHE JUST NEEDED TO BE FINISHED AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN HUNTS YET. AFTER 2 MONTHS GOING 6 NIGHTS A WEEKAND BREAKING HER OFF POSSUMS, DEER, AND PUTTING COONS DOWN TO HER SHE BECAME A BAD MAMA JAMMA. SHE HADE NT CH WITH 3 FIRST PLACE WINS AND MADE GRAND IN 8 HUNTS BY WINNING 5 OUT OF 8 NT CH CAST. BEFORE SHE TURNED 3, SHE WAS STOLEN OUT OF MY PEN. IT WAS LIKE A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO GET OVER IT.
AFTER HAVING HER, I LEARNED ONE THING AND THAT WAS TO HAVE A COMPETITION COONDOG THAT CAN GET IT DONE AND MAKE YOU PROUD, IT TAKES ALOT OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. THE LIPPER & HARRY BLOODLINES WILL GIVE YOU THE LOOKS, THE HUNT, THE MOUTH, AND TREE POWER. BUT THESE CREATURES ARE NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. THEY WILL TAKE YOU AS FAR AS YOU ARE WILLING TO GO. I HAVE TO BE HONEST THAT IN THE PAST THROUGH WORK, LIFE CHANGES, DIVORCE, AND GETTING OLDER I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE TIME NEEDED SOMETIMES TO GIVE A COONDOG HIS OR HER TIME NEEDED IN THE WOODS. HOWEVER, I AM PUSHING HARD AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE EXCITEMENT DREDD'S PUPS HAVE GIVEN ME. HIS PUPS HAVE THE ABILITIY TO GO AS FAR AS YOU ARE WILLING TO GO AND GUYS THAT IS ALL WE ASK FOR WHEN WE LOOK FOR A PUP OFF OF A STUD DOG. WITHOUT A DOUBT, HE IS THE BEST REPRODUCER I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HIS PUPS REMIND ME OF THE BEST DOG I HAVE EVER OWNED. BELEIVE ME, DREDD IS DOING HIS PART. YOU COULD BREED HIM TO A WEENIE DOG AND YOU WOULD HAVE SHORT LEGGED - SUPER LONG PUPS THAT WOULD RUN AND TREE COONS. THEY WOULDN'T MEET ANY BREED STANDARDS THAT I KNOW OF THOU. LOL!!
ANY PUP CAN BE MESSED UP OR RUINED BY ANYONE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T STEER A PUP IN ALL THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS AFTER THEY START RUNNING AND TREEING. ALSO, THERE ARE 2 THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT TRAINING A COONDOG. IF YOU TAKE THE BEST PUP IN THE WORLD AND TURN THEM LOOSE IN A DESSERT - THEY WILL NOT GET TREED. IF YOU LEAVE THE BEST PUP IN THE WORLD IN THE PEN, THEY WILL NOT LEARN ANYTHING.
IF YOU WANT A PUP THAT STARTS EARLY, WILL HUNT ALL NIGHT, IS LOUD, CAN DRIVE A TRACK, AND WILL LAY IT TO THE WOOD, CAN TAKE YOU TO THE TOP THEN DREDD IS WHERE YOU CAN GET IT. IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT THEN WE CAN'T HELP YOU!! LOL!!
GIVE ME A CALL AND I WILL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN!! DREED IS YOUR #1 HARRY CONNECTION!! I AM PROUD TO BE PART OWNER OF HIM AND AM EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE CALLS AND MESSAGES ABOUT HOW AWESOME HIS PUPS ARE DOING. THANKS FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT FOR TEAM DREDD!!
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Salty Creek Kennels
Mark Risher/ Surfside Beach, SC
843-333-3443
Home of:
"ALL GRAND" UKC PERFORMANCE & PKC SUPER STAKES SIRE GRNTCH JUDGE DREDD
/ co-owner ~ Steve Pearson
GRNTCH Little Creeks Minnie Pearl / co-owner ~ Steve Pearson
CH GRNTCH Nocturnal Stylish Annie Mae / co-owner ~ Steve Pearson
AKC Supreme GRNTCH Riley's Queenie
NTCH Stylish Freight Train / co-owner & handler ~ Dylan Smoak
~ 2012 Grand American Friday Night Winner w/ 850+
~ 2013 Grand American Sat. Night 10th place reg.
~ 2014 SC Hall of Fame Hunt/ 625+/ Final Four Fourth
NTCH Stylish Buzz Cutter / co-owners & handlers ~ Ranae Smoak & Clyde Crosby
CH Dredds Big Show/ call name "Justice" / co-owner ~ Jerry Risher
Judge Dredd's Nocturnal Hangman/ co-owners ~ Steve Pearson & Andy Liles
~ Arkansas - UKC 1st place
~ 2014 Grand American Friday Night High Scoring Dog and overall winner - 812 1/2+
~ 2014 Grand American Saturday Night 20th place overall and 8th place reg - 375+/ Double cast winner with 2nd most total points/ 1187 1/2 - Final four and Fourth place overall
Dredd's Deadeye Dixie / co-owner ~ Lonnie Hubbard
~ 2 UKC 1st Place Wins
GRNTCH Risher's Stylish Dixie (RIP)
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