december 2010 - Sporting Dog News
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december 2010 - Sporting Dog News
DECEMBER 2010 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Well, November is officially over bad I can’t read Russian! Ok, let’s will be awarded. Lately I’ve been do- and the 2010 winter holiday season move forward! Richard Stratton sub- ing a lot of thinking about some kind is in full effect! Ho-ho-hoooo! It has mited an excellent article again! This of pointing system too. Even if the been 6 months since the first issue, I time about “The History Question”. number of subscriber is relatively low just can’t belive how time flies when A.K. sent me a very detailed article I’ll do my best to continue publishing you’re having fun! We have come to about hydration strategies for ex- quality content... the last issue of this year and I’m ercising dogs and the proper use of shure you’ll enjoy reading it! Glycerol. Ultimate Warrior Kennels’ I’d would like to publish the SDJ Grand Champion ROSE RED. There 2010 yearbook for the beginning of Holidays are the hardest time has been some controversy over the 2011 but don’t take it for granted yet, to stay on track with healthy eating last match of Rose...by the way, Rose I’ll keep y’all updated on this! habits. To help out, I’ve put together Red is out of RIGO x CH NITA (BAN- a holiday meal that is both festive DIDA). Next in the line is the story of and good for you : Grand Champi- Wood’s Shirley 2 by James P. Edward. on VIRUS, this issue’s cover dog, is George Saddler died exaclty 40 years straight from the cooooold Russia. so I decided to give you no less than 6 Did you know Russia is the coldest pages to digest about the Mississippi country in the face of our planet? How Hawk. Thanks for the help Terry! Hold Yours Truly, do Russians survive this weather any- oooon, I’m not gonna tell you every- The Editor way? Well, I suppose there is a reason thing... See y’all on the 1st day of 2011!!! why Russians drink vodka and wear SUBSCRIPTION RATES strange fur hats! I’d like to take this What to expect for next year? opportunity to thank Vlad Morozov for Starting from January 2011 the reg- Annual Subscription.........$40 his support. Vlad is the editor of the ulations for championship & grand Back Issues........................$8 Russian bulldog magazine “Scratch” championship will be stricter to make and he’s doing and excellent job! Too sure that only qualified contestants ADVERTISING RATES Full Page $20 / Issue - $200 / Year The Sporting Dog Journal is a publication, published solely for the entertainment value to the reader. The Sporting Dog Journal does not in any way encourage, promote, or sanction and illegal activities. DON’T LET THE HISTORY OF THIS BREED INFLUENCE YOU INTO FIGHTING DOGS UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO IN JAIL!!! 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All articles, letters, reports have been submitted by anonymous sources. Nothing within this publication may be reprinted, either whole or in part, without the explicit written permission of the author of the said material and the editor. 3 Half Page $10 / Issue - $100 / Year Business Card $50 / Year All full years subscribers (12 issues) have the option of getting any back issues as part of the 12 issues. Any current subscriber can get any back issues credited to their account upon request from the subscriber. SPORTING DOG JOURNAL V DECEMBER 2010 IRUS debuted in October 2005 versus PVM’s KOSHA (1xW, 1xD more than 2 hours). It was the son of a famous Champion HOOCH. Victor from SD Kennels put the keep on Virus for the match. VIRUS began to attack the chest and shoulders very hard. At 0:40 he made a favorite hold in the armpit and worked the hold for the next 10 minutes with Kosha screaming in pain. He was picked up at 0:53 and courtesy scratched. In March 2006, it was Virus versus Chuk & Gek’s LEKHA (2xW). Lekha killed two opponents in less than an hour, but this day was picked up at 0:34 and courtesy scratched. The Championship match was in July 2006. The opponent was Dubrovin’s PETYA a son of PVM’s GR CH RED LIGHT. The battle began with both dogs swapping it out in the shoulders and head. At 0:30 Virus broke through Petya’s defenses and won after another half hour. Virus had the title of Champion for 9 months, after 4 months of rest he was again open. While we waited we kept hearing about two dogs, Wolchiha’s SANTIAGO (2xW) from the Urals Mountain and Kaluga’s MONGOL (1xW) a son of great warrior GR CH BARRACUDA. AC/DC, the owner of AC/DC’s SALVADOR - SANTIAGO’s VIRUS was born on the yard of Mustang Kennels in Ukraine. His father was the famous Mustang’s IKE (POR), who showed deep game. Ike carried blood of Dragan Radonic’s dogs and Country Boys dogs. He bred Ike (POR) to Rhonda (POR) from Patrick’s bloodline. This bitch was not a fighter of high quality but Mustang Kennels wanted very much to have puppies from IKE, the puppies born in October 2003. Soon, there was an enteritis outbreak in the kennels. A red male with a big head was the first who caught the virus and for this he received the nickname VIRUS. The enteritis was mild, and all the puppies survived. 4 sire - feared that a defeated SANTIAGO would prevent him from selling his “Alligator” dogs. So in order to avoid a meeting with Virus he made unrealistic demands and with long talks deadlocked the match could never be made. In the spring of 2007, BR Kennels from Moscow bought Champion VIRUS. They teamed up with SD Kennels (coach and handler of VIRUS) and performed under the name SDBR. SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 In autumn 2007, VIRUS was matched in Moscow with MONGOL. After 35 minutes Mongol received a severe injury and was picked up, but he showed the gameness to continue the fight. The 5th match VIRUS was released in Chisinau (capital of Moldova Republic) versus Julbars’ KOSOY (1xW). This bulldog was from Greece and the son of the famous destroyer Julbars’ GR CH KITCHA. Kosoy was a tough dog with bad muzzle fighting style. Kosoy quickly and easily killed the Bulgarian champion in their first match, and some dogman experts were not giving Virus a chance to win. But Virus The Deep Game Mustang’s Ike, Sire Of Gr Ch Virus broke Kosoy down by the 20th minute. At 0:40 Kosoy was picked up and runs the courtesy scratch to the applause of spectators. Virus has become a Grand Champion, and he was retired after earning his title. Meanwhile, SANTIAGO became a champion. On the fourth match he goes against the Big Snake Combine’s CH WINSTON (Dog of Year - 2008). WINSTON in one year won four tough and long matches. Four months after that, he went up against the Champion SANTIAGO. WINSTON was down after 10 minutes of battle. No one had seen him in such bad shape and Winston lost. He was sold in Kyuveyt. After a year of rest, he easily won his sixth against two-time winner from Serbia. In 5th match SANTIAGO’s opponent was Juris’ LUCKY (2xW). In the first 20 minutes Lucky gave Santiago a good thrashing. Santiago hadn’t seen such problems yet. He was in defense and did a lot Wolchiha’s (Ex) Grand Champion Santiago, Scratch Magazine’s Dog Of The Year 2009 5 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 of strange movements and turns. But Lucky was an old dog and had heart problems. This has an effect in the match and Santiago turned the tide of battle. Lucky was picked up at 0:58. Santiago became Grand Champion and “Dog of Year – 2009”. Who was stronger? This question about VIRUS or SANTIAGO interested all Dogmen. And VIRUS returned after 2 years of vacation just to meet with Santiago. In the history of the Russian dog-game this was the first match between two grand champions. This historic battle took place in late spring 2010. Virus got Big Snake Combine’s Champion Winston seriously ill during the keep and almost died of kidney failure, but this possesses all the qualities of the didn’t stop him come match time. best match dogs: deep game, pit Virus outclassed Santiago, and after intelligence, strength, hard 0:30 Santiago could not stand on his mouth and the desire own four legs, after another 15 min- to make deep and utes Wolchiha Kennels picked up lasting hold. He is and carried Santiago away without a a courtesy scratch. The now ex Grand like the Mike Ty- Champion Santiago died about an son of the Bull- hour later. dog world. In our puncher-dog, opinion GR CH SDBR’s GR CH VIRUS is a really VIRUS is the undisputed great warrior and one of the best best candidate for the title dogs in all of Eastern Europe. He of Dog of Year 2010. Sdbr’s Grand Champion Virus a candidate for the title of Scratch Magazine’s Dog Of the Year 2010 6 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 7 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 read the original writings about the “half-and-halfs” and the “bull-andterriers,” but from what I could see the dogs being referred to were the ancestors of the modern day show Bull Terrier. The white one. The problem was that it was difficult to know which breeds were being referenced. Besides, many of the books so often relied upon were written by When my first book on our breed erupted on the scene, some thirty-five years ago, it had the impact of an exploding artillery shell. Or so it sometimes seemed to me. There were several things at issue. That is, it was controversial in more than one way. However, I wanted to cover just the history question for this article. I people who were not known to let the truth get in the way of a good story. Journalists in those days didn’t have to worry about competitors exposing hoaxes, so they could make up their own stories in lieu of actual investigative reporting. So all those writings were suspect, to put nstead of merely following what I wondered if that might have it charitably, but I slogged through had been written about the breed been the case with the history of our them all, even reading Idestone and and restating it in my own words, breed, too. The history that had al- Stonehenge. I launched into something of a schol- ways been repeated ad nauseam was pen names for a preacher, Reverend arly research of the breed history. that the old-time Bulldog was game, Thomas Pierce, and a medical doc- That is what true historians do. They but it needed a cross with a terrier to tor, Dr. J. H. Walsh. view the contemporary evidence as inject a little agility into the old Bull- much as possible, and one question dog. Thus, was born a new breed The question is not just whether is always on their minds: Do we re- that had the agility of the terrier the writings were true, but to which ally know that what has been given and the gameness of the old Bull- breeds they were applicable. I sus- as accepted fact is actually true? dog. A concurrent reason given for pect that the terrier cross story may the cross was that the Bulldog had be true for the Bull Terrier breed. For example—and this is fresh a brachycephalic (pushed in) muzzle. But I think that the cross was made in my mind, for I just finished read- The putative reason for this trait with a brachycephalic Bulldog. One ing a new biography on the great was it was desirable for the Bulldog reason for believing that is that there classical van to have “layback” so that it could is some evidence in the artwork that Beethoven—it was always told that breathe while holding on to the nose the early Bull Terriers had a brachy- Beethoven played piano improvisa- of the bull. To me, that idea seemed cephalic (pushed-in) nose. (And it tions for Mozart. According to the absurd. It just didn’t make sense. is of interest to interject here that account, Mozart commented some- The great dog expert Dr. Leon Whit- early writings about the Bull Ter- thing to the effect that the world ney once described seeing an APBT rier often made reference to striving would one day give its attention to doing catch work, holding a bull by for a “long, punishing jaw.) Where this young man. It turns out that the nose while the bull thrashed would that have come from if the there is no evidence that Mozart and about. He commented bitterly how early Bulldogs looked just like our Beethoven ever met! The incident we were all so often taken in by the modern APBTs? Could it have been may have happened, or it may have tales of show dog people. the case that there were two types of composer Ludwig been the stuff of sheer fantasy. We These were actually Bulldogs? may never know. But the point is I pored over the books of the that it was accepted fact for a long 19th Century that had supposedly A serious student of canine his- time. been the source for all of this, and I tory has to study the artwork of the 8 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 time, too, and that is just what I did. I discovered that there were images of dogs doing the same type of thing that our APBTs do that looked just like our modern dogs. If that was the case, why was any cross needed? Some were paintings dated way back to Elizabethan times, and here, I’m thinking, in particular, of a hunting scene done by Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish artist. Locked fast on the back of a large wild boar is a dog that could win a modern ADBA show! Other dogs are in the painting, too, but they were probably used for finding, trailing, and slowing down the boar, and they consist of Greyhound types and spaniels. I was impressed that these other breeds even existed that long ago. Obviously, the people of Shakespeare’s time had already learned something about selective breeding and keeping the different types distinct from one another. The fact is that there is evidence of Greyhound-type dogs even in Egyptian times (from artistic depictions) and of a robust battle-type of dog that looked very much like our dogs. Most of these dogs seemed to This painting done four hundred years ago shows a dog doing the sort of hunting work done today by members of the APBT breed. be quite large, and I’m not claiming that these were already Bulldogs— pictions). And it should be noted that ing very much like ours doing stock but it certainly is likely that they are the Boston Terrier fanciers wanted work. But a more common depiction ancestral forms for the breed. These to name the breed “Boston Bull Ter- was bull baiting. I think that was be- depictions demonstrate that the an- riers.” However, there is a certain cause such a scene was more dra- cient Egyptians, too, knew something amount of politics among show peo- matic (and more commonly viewed, about selective breeding and the im- ple, and the Bull Terrier people had perhaps) than stock work, where portance of keeping a type pure. enough influence to keep that name the dogs were working for a farmer from being used. My point is that at or a butcher. But here is the kick- some point in time, the Boston did er. Some bull baiting scenes show Two Bulldogs? not look entirely different from the brachycephalic-type Bulldogs par- Getting back to more recent history, Bull Terriers (in the sense that they ticipating in the bull baiting. I think I mentioned that the cross was prob- both had the pushed-in nose). the explanation is two-fold. ably made with the brachycephalic type of Bulldog. That is because the The brachycephalic Bulldog forms still But what was the story on the had the instinct for doing the work, original Bull Terriers had the pushed Bulldog? There are contemporary and there were times that the artists in noses themselves (in artistic de- artistic depictions of Bulldogs look- who painted scenes of bull baiting 9 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 stock work, and fighting without any significant crosses. It seems to me that people who try to revert to the old history that has been told so often should at least have to defend doing so. They should explain why such a cross was necessary. Why did depictions of dogs doing the same type of thing for which our dogs are so renowned look just like our modern day dogs? And why were our dogs referred to as “Bulldogs” in casual conversation among those who had the closest connection to the old time breed? Why is it still used today? Ch Rockoon is a fine example of a modern APBT in conformation, as well as all the other good qualities, a champion pit dog of Rocca breeding. Terriers had not always actually seen such a that they still had the characteristic It is important to understand that the thing in person. The brachycephalic gameness, and they were still re- term terriers was not well defined in Bulldog was more familiar to them nowned for their toughness and war- the writings about dogs of the 19th than the working Bulldog, so those rior spirit. It was thus that they be- century. In general, the dogs that were the images that were used. came the symbol for England and for went after vermin in the ground were But why did the brachycephalic merchants and manufacturers with called “terriers.” These were gener- form become popular? A possible products that were marketed on the ally the dogs of the lower classes. In explanation is that even in the 19th basis of toughness and durability. Elizabethan times, there was something of a caste system. Generally, it Century, people wanted fancy-lookThe pushed-in So often I have seen a pos- was the people of royalty who owned nose type of dog had become popu- sible cross postulated to explain land, and they were the only ones. lar in many breeds. Pekinese, Pugs, the brachycephalic nose in a given Other people lived on the land, but and King Charles Spaniels were just breed. However, such speculation as game became more scarce with a few examples. The short nose is not necessary. Mutations are not the increase in human population, gives the dogs a humanlike appear- infrequent, and they would be more desirable game, such as deer and ance. It can be perceived as comic likely to happen in a breed in which a wild boar, were not supposed to be or elegant, but it has always had its strong lower jaw was important. It is hunted by the general population, as adherents among dog people. In the because of the need for a strong jaw these animals belonged to the king case of the Bulldog, the short nose that our dogs are occasionally un- (or some other royal person), and would be a disadvantage in either dershot—even though an extremely the peasants were forbidden to hunt fighting, stock work, or bull baiting; undershot bite can compromise the them. Often, they were even forbid- however, they could still get the job strength of a dog’s jaws. den to own hunting dogs. However, ing dogs for pets. they could own terriers, as these done—just not with the same efficacy as the normal Bulldogs. But if the I have no particular love for my dogs were useful in keeping the rat short nose Bulldogs became more theory of the origin of our breed— population down or in hunting less popular as pets, they were prob- and it is not even my theory alone! It desirable game. ably seen more often by the general is just that it seems clear to me that public. But these dogs were close our dogs were descended from an But what were terriers? Nor- enough in time to their progenitors ancient line of dogs used for hunting, mally, they were just small dogs with 10 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 a strong prey drive. It is interesting to note that the old time Bulldog has been referred to as a “hound.” That would make such a dog prohibited from ownership by commoners, as hounds were hunting dogs. I suspect that it was under the auspices of vast communities of commoners that small Bulldogs were sometimes called “terriers” of some sort. Admitting they were Bulldogs would leave the people open to prosecution or persecution for having hunting dogs, something that was forbidden to peasants. All of this is just speculation on my part, of course, but I think that it is more than coincidence that Bull- Ch Steamer demonstrates the variation in color in the breed that seems to have been consistent throughout history. Steamer is exceptional in that he is a triple champion, a champion pit dog, a show champion, and a weight pull champion. dogs were called “pit terriers” in Ireland, a large piece of land, mainly Will our breed continue to look breeding for what they think a good filled with commoners. Also, from the same in future generations, dog would look like, and sometimes the art work, it seems that the dogs just as it has for hundreds of years? the results are humorous to those in Ireland were generally smaller The ones that are bred for use very who know better. than those of England. And many of likely will. But look at the American the Irish imports were small dogs. Staffordshire Terrier and the Staf- Besides, game-bred dogs are fordshire Bull Terrier. Both breeds generally smarter, healthier, and come from the same basic stock as have better dispositions. our breed, but they differ in appear- lines are worth seeking out—even If it is true that the APBT is the most ance, even if only slightly. Another when breeding merely for appear- likely representative of the old Bull- example of an offshoot bred for looks ance for show and for pets. dog of history, it means that ours is would be the American Bully. That these dogs are all the more worth truly an ancient breed. And it has is the trouble with getting away preserving if they are the last of an stayed very much the same in ap- from game-bred dogs. People start ancient and venerated breed. Enduring Legacy pearance to what it was 400 years ago. It is when dogs are bred for appearance that traits begin to be exaggerated. Thus, the long exotic head of the show Collie (as compared to the more normal head of the Border Collie) and the “sour mug” of the show (English) Bulldog. It is interesting to note that the show Bulldog very likely traces back to the same ancestral individuals as our dogs. It is simply selective breeding for different goals that has made the difference. 11 So such And SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 compartments as shown in Table 1. Hi folks, in following up on one of my previous articles touching on the Importance of Water Management in our sporting dogs how often don’t we read the references by very experienced dog men about the supplement GLYCEROL only to hear the phrase, ”If you know how to use it”, without them revealing as to how to use it and what it actually does. TOP SECRET! Well, here you go! One of the biggest Myths nowadays is matching a dog as dry as possible. The rationale behind all this is that of course an overly WET dog will heat up too soon which is definitely true but in my humble opinion it’s even worse to match a dog too DRY! Where’s the bite and stamina our dog showed in his rolls when happily hydrated and or slightly over weight? Irresponsible use of DEX and LASIX and all to get a dog on its proper (?) weight is usually the culprit here so now a full explanation on its characteristics and its uses . Most (65%) of the total body water (TBW) resides within the individual cells of the dog’s body. This water is the solvent in which all reactions of the cell take place. It thus facilitates the generation of energy, the synthesis of new cell materials, the storage of products, and the detoxification of wastes. Intracellular water is also the medium of transport for all materials within the cells. The extracellular water is divided up between three spaces.1 The interstitial space (20% TBW) is the second largest compartment; it represents the water which lies immediately out- he late Dr. Rolland Lombard T Still, a working dog may tolerate a side of the cells and bathes them. The is often credited with being dietary deficiency in one of these nu- main role of the interstitial water is as the first competitive musher(a trients for several days or even weeks a transport medium for nutrients and traveler who drives (or travels with) a before any adverse effects on its per- other materials into, and wastes and dog team) to realize the importance formance or health are observed. In other products out of, the cells. of watering his dogs during the rac- contrast, dehydration may lead to di- ing season. During his day, most minished performance and, in severe The plasma space (10% TBW) is mushers believed that their dogs got cases, even to death within hours of the water found in the liquid or non- all the water they needed by just eat- onset. cellular part of blood. This water ing snow. The dependence of perfor- transports materials between all lo- mance upon good hydration is just To understand why dehydration cations of the body. The transcellular one of the legacies left behind by the leads to such rapid and severe per- compartment (5% TBW) is a conglom- innovative and dominant force that formance problems, one must first erate of all other extracellular spaces was Rolland Lombard. Over the past understand the many vital roles this and is made up of the water found in 25 years, racing and research have important nutrient plays in the main- the aqueous humor, the synovial fluid, demonstrated the benefits of pro- tenance of nearly all body functions. the cerebral-spinal fluid (CSF), and viding working dogs with sufficient A typical healthy dog has a total body the secretions of the gastrointestinal amounts of protein, fat, vitamins, and water content of about 70% of its body tract. This water acts as a medium for minerals. weight. This water is divided into four the passage of light and as a source 12 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 dog’s daily water loss with its daily water intake and production. To achieve this goal one must first understand how water is added to and lost from a dog’s body, and how each of these components of water balance change with changes in the dog’s workload, environment, and health status. A Table 1. Division of total body water (TBW) content of a typical healthy dog. dog may add to its total body water of lubrication and shock absorption in the blood because there is less fluid through its diet, by-drinking water, the joints and CSF. In the GI tract it is travelling through the vessels, and and by burning fuels for energy in its a solvent for digestion and a transport that fluid is more viscous.3 The result muscles. When a dog is fed a meat medium to facilitate absorption of di- of these changes is a decreased de- diet or a dry dog food soaked in water, gested nutrients. livery of oxygen and nutrients to, and 70—80% of what that animal eats is a slower rate of waste removal from actually water. Water that is taken in circumstances, muscle cells. In this situation work- as part of food is called “preformed water is free to shift between these ing muscle cells have less fuel avail- water.” Many sled dogs get half or compartments. The direction of that able and accumulate wastes more more of their daily water intake from shift will depend on the conditions rapidly, a combination which restricts preformed water. to which the body is exposed. During the sustainable intensity and duration exercise for example, the metabolic of exercise. In severe cases plasma Most of the rest of their daily wa- changes occurring within the muscle volume contraction can lead to major ter intake comes from drinking water cell increases the concentration of organ failure and even death. and eating snow. A small amount of Under normal solutes or dissolvable particles within water is also generated when fats, these cells. This increase in solute Dehydration is almost always concentration causes water to move easier to prevent than it is to treat. into the cell from the interstitial fluid. Still, early recognition of the problem This loss of interstitial fluid volume gives the dog the greatest chance for For each 100 kcal of energy is then replaced by the movement of a rapid and complete recovery. As de- burned about 13 ml of water is gen- water from the plasma compartment hydration progresses from the mild to erated and for each gram of muscle into the interstitial space. The result the moderate and severe states, the glycogen used, 3-4 ml of water are of exercise is thus an expansion of the animal’s ability to correct the problem produced. intracellular compartment and a con- on its own diminishes. Dogs suffering traction of the plasma compartment. from advanced dehydration usually Water produced in the body by This fluid shift is in part responsible refuse to eat or drink. Such animals these processes is referred to as for the increased size of a weight need veterinary attention immediate- “metabolic water.” Metabolic water lifter’s muscles after a work out. The ly since loss of only 15% of TBW may may contribute as much as 10% of the small loss of plasma volume that result in death. total water gained by a dog each day. carbohydrates, and proteins are converted to energy in the muscle. normally occurs during short bouts of exercise does not usually adversely Correction of moderate and se- Usually, the amount of water affect performance. If exercise is pro- vere dehydration usually requires gained each day by a dog is exactly longed, or if a dog is losing signifi- intravenous administration of fluids. balanced by the amount lost. Each day cant amounts of water through other Mildly dehydrated animals may be a dog loses water through its urine, means, the loss of water from the able to restore their water deficit by feces, saliva, breath, and sweat. Un- plasma may lead to a potentially dan- drinking but will often recover more like humans and horses, dogs do not gerous contraction of plasma volume. rapidly if at least some of the fluid is lose much water due to sweating. In As plasma volume diminishes, the replaced parenterally. To prevent de- fact, the only place a dog sweats is heart has to work harder to circulate hydration, one must try to balance the through its foot pads. 13 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 The dog’s inability to sweat from the rest of its skin probably stems from its large surface area to volume ratio. Water loss from such a large surface area would put the animal at constant risk of dehydration if it perspired from its entire skin surface. In larger animals like humans and horses, a relatively small surface area and large volume inhibits heat dissipation. Dehydration due to sweating is less of a risk than heat accumulation in these larger animals. Most of the water a dog loses each day leaves its body through urine, feces, respiratory vapor, and saliva. The contributions of each of these factors depend greatly upon the dog’s Figure 1. Amount and sources of daily water loss associated with exercise and environment. health, environment, workload, and hours in an ambient temperature of- increased urine volume and conse- diet. For example, consider the same 20° C or below, he will lose between quently a greater urinary water loss. 20 kg (44 lb) sled dog as a sedentary 2000 and 2500 ml of water during house dog, a sprint racing dog, and exercise and about 400 ml of water The most remarkable increase in a distance racing dog. Each day the during rest to evaporation from his water loss observed in working dogs house dog, living in a climate con- mouth and respiratory tract. A sum- is due to the increase in evapora- trolled environment, loses about 1000 mary of the water balance for these tion from the mouth and respiratory ml of water through urine, about 100 three dogs is shown in Figure 1. tract. Depending on the dog’s exer- ml of water through its feces, and cise intensity, and the environmental about 300 ml of water through evapo- temperature and humidity, evapora- ration of respiratory water and saliva. The combination of exercise and tive water losses may increase 10- to If that dog is moved outside and he living in a cold environment dra- 20-fold during exercise. At cold tem- becomes an open class sprint rac- matically increases the dog’s daily peratures, the air a dog breathes in ing dog, he will lose about 1500 ml of water requirement. The increase has very little moisture in it. When water through his urine and 150 ml of in this requirement is about 2-fold this cold air reaches the lungs it is water through his feces. Assuming an for the sprint dog and about 4-fold saturated with water so that about ambient temperature of at least 0° F, for the distance dog as compared to 6% of every exhaled breath is water. this dog will also lose about 300 ml of the house dog. The greater losses of In warm climates the inhaled air is water from evaporation during a one urine and fecal water seen in work- more nearly saturated with water hour run and about 800 ml of water ing dogs are mostly due to their in- and so the dog loses less water from from evaporation during the remain- creased food intake. A greater food its lungs with each breath. However, ing 23 hours of the day. If this dog intake leads to an increased produc- since dogs pant to cool themselves now becomes a distance racing dog tion of feces which are usually 80- off, water loss through the evapora- his water loss to urine and feces will 90% water. More food also means the tion of saliva often leads to evaporative increase to about 2250 ml/day and generation of more metabolic wastes losses in warm conditions equal to or 250 ml/day, respectively. Assuming which must be filtered by and excret- in excess of those seen in cold envi- he works 12 hours at about a 40% of ed from the kidneys. The excretion of ronments.The numbers given above VO2 maximum workload and rests 12 these additional wastes results in an are estimates for specific cases, but 14 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 they give an idea of the influence that of salt concentrations to normal. In- The ingestion of glycerol contain- exercise and environment have on a stead, stretching in the stomach and ing solutions has been shown to result dog’s daily water requirement. Health a drop in throat temperature are the in a state of hyperhydration.“Water problems may also greatly influence signals that lead to thirst satiation. loading”, as this practice is often daily water loss. Urinary water losses This system is so well tuned that a referred to as, has been achieved in increase dramatically in renal dis- healthy dog will adapt to changes in both human and rat models. The ef- ease, systemic infections, diabetes, water loss just as quickly as these fect of a single loading dose may in- and other hormonal abnormalities. changes occur. Theoretically, the dog crease total body water up to 5% for Most of these dogs are sick enough will drink as much as it needs as long as long as 48 hours.The mechanism that they would not be able to per- as water is available when it is thirsty. by which this hyperhydrated state is form as sled dogs and would require achieved has yet to be determined. veterinary attention. Increased water Therein lies the problem of keep- One recent study has found that glyc- loss from the gastrointestinal tract is ing sled dogs well hydrated. They erol containing solutions increase more common and often less serious. are not always thirsty when water anti-diuretic hormone secretion and Nearly all kennels experience stress is available, and water is not always increase renal medullary concentra- diarrhea and the “flu” during the available when they are thirsty. For tion gradient.The hyperhydrated state course of a season. Often, dogs will this reason strategies were explored may thus be mediated through a de- continue to perform well with these that would promote hydration in these crease in urinary water loss. conditions as long as their hydration specialized athletes. For years mush- can be maintained. However, the rate ers have tried to encourage relatively Critics of glycerol induced hyper- of dehydration resulting from severe large amounts of water consumption hydration note the risk of gastrointes- diarrhea, as in the case of parvovirus during the relatively short periods of tinal upset and the potentially serious infection, can be a life threatening time that water could be made avail- risk of excessive cellular swelling situation. The severity of the situation able by flavoring the water with palat- that may result from the practice.In- can usually be assessed by the fre- able additives. This technique, known deed, fatal rhabdomyolysis and acute quency and volume of fluid eliminat- as “baiting the water”, has proven to renal failure have been induced in ed. In any case the fluid lost through be successful under all but the most rats given massive oral doses of glyc- the feces must be replaced or the severe environmental and racing erol. The solutions used in the stud- dog’s health will deteriorate rapidly. conditions. ies noted above were moderate doses and ranged from 1 to 5%; they were The factors which contribute to Recently there has been much at- water loss in the dog are complex tention focused on the use of glycerol and constantly changing. If one had containing solutions to hyperhydrate to exactly calculate a dog’s daily wa- human endurance athletes perform- Recently three studies were un- ter requirement in order to hydrate ing in hot, humid environs.9’10’” dertaken to evaluate the effect of it properly, it would be nearly an im- Glycerol acts as a hydrating agent be- glycerol supplementation on the hy- possible task. Fortunately nature has cause it is osmotically active, rapidly dration status of working sled dogs. designed a complex system to regu- absorbed, and freely crosses all cell In the first study, the effects of a sin- late water intake and output, thus al- membranes.12 Compared to subjects gle loading dose of a glycerol solution lowing the dog to maintain hydration ingesting an equal volume of water (l liter of 1% glycerol) versus an equal across a wide range of environmental alone, cyclists consuming dilute glyc- volume of water on total body water conditions. As a dog’s plasma begins erol solutions prior to exercise in hot (TBW) in 8 sedentary dogs was exam- to lose water, the increase in concen- and humid conditions have exhibited ined. Using a deuterium oxide dilution tration of salts is detected centrally, an increased sweat rate, decreased technique, it was found that glycerol triggering thirst.Since it takes some rectal temperature, and decreased ingestion significantly increased TBW time for water to be absorbed into the urine output. Time to exhaustion was (Figure 2) without increasing creatine plasma, the quenching of thirst does also significantly greater in the glyc- kinase concentration (Figure 3) or al- not immediately rely on the return erol treated cyclists. tering any measured parameter on a 15 not associated with any significant side effects. SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 serum biochemistry panel or a complete blood cell count analysis. Once it was established that glycerol solutions could induce a hyperhydrated state, the safety and efficacy of such a treatment for dogs exercising in cold and dry or warm and humid environs was investigated. In the cold weather study two age, ability, and sex matched groups of 12 dogs each were given either 1L of a 1% glycerol solution or 1 L of water two hours prior to a 30 mile run. This procedure was repeated for three days. Immediately after and six hours after each run all dogs were given access to 1 L of baited water. Blood samples for TBW, hematocrit, Figure 2. Percentage change in total body water (TBW) in sedentary dogs three hours after ingestion of 1L of water or 1 g/kg body weight glycerol in 1 L water. and serum chemistry analysis were drawn immediately before the first administration of fluid on day 1 and after the last bout of exercise on day 3. The ambient temperature during the experiment averaged -35° C. The dogs receiving the glycerol solution maintained their hydration at preexercise levels while those receiving just water became approximately 3% dehydrated (Figure 4). There was no difference in creatine kinase concentrations between the two treatment groups at any time in the study. In the warm weather study, 2 groups of 8 dogs each were treated and measured as described above for the cold weather study, except that they were exercised on a hot walking wheel in a warm (25° C), humid (85% Figure 3. Percentage change (pre to post fluid ingestion) in serum creatine kinase (CK) values measured in sedentary dogs three hours after ingestion of 1L of water or 1 L of water with 1 g glycerol/kg body weight. relative humid-icy) environment until their rectal temperature reached 41° The results of the first two stud- have any observable adverse effect C. Data from the warm weather study ies have indicated that ingestion of a on gastrointestinal, renal or muscle is still being collected and analyzed at dilute glycerol solution is a safe and function and may instead help these this writing. The results of this study effective way to induce a mild state of animals maintain hydration while ex- will be available at the time of the hyperhydration in the dog. The degree ercising under extreme environmen- 1998 lams Nutrition Symposium. of hyperhydration achieved did not tal conditions. These findings may 16 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Figure 4. Percentage change in serum in total body water (TBW) after a three day exercise period in which dogs were given water only or water with 1 g/kg body weight glycerol. “Roland Lombard was that rare entity, a master of mas- also have clinical applications in the may be noted that the use of glucose ters at what he did who was formulation of oral rehydrating solu- electrolyte solutions is even more also mentally and near tele- tions. Due to the long lasting effect of detrimental because our dogs don’t pathically in tune with his glycerol on hydration, glycerol solu- sweat through the skin like humans team. He loved and under- tions may promote a greater and lon- or horses so it will actually DEHY- stood his dogs. They loved ger lasting state of rehydration than DRATE a dog more by forcing water to and is presently achievable from standard the gut instead of where it belongs,it Lombard’s labor made a sci- glucose electrolyte solutions. Further actually draws away vital fluids from ence of sled dog racing but in research will undoubtedly clarify the the body to a place where it’s off little his talented hands sled dog role of glycerol supplementation in or no use at all because of the glu- racing became an art.” the clinically dehydrated patient. It cose effect. 17 understood Lombard. SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 ing animals I ever had. I could stand in one spot with a ten foot lead and she will run circles around me untill I stop her. She had one of the highest prey drives I have ever seen in an animal!!! Her keep goes well and we are off on our 26 hour ride to the desert. Her third was suppose to be into CH BAD GIRL but Bad girl came up lame or something so they payed a forfit and used a 1xW into ROSIE. Rosie finished her in 25 rather easily Rosie was born in a litter of four pups, two reds and two blacks. There was two females and two males. The black female died at a young age. The black male we called JACK BLACK also died at a young age in a chain accident with my BATTLING BRUISER dog. The red male wich we called MY MAN was matched and lost dead game in 2:36 to a two time winner from VICE GRIP kennels that LDK handled and conditioned. That leaves us with the last red female in the litter ROSE RED. and this was the first time I actually seen Rosie compete. She had a style that would keep her out of trouble and a mouth that would put you behind with out you even realizing it!!! I didn’t want to count this one cause her opponent was a replacement but everyone said I was crazy not to and that I would be cheating Rosie out the win and we also had traveled 26 hours!!!! So Rosie won her third and was CH ROSE RED now!!!. I got Rosie back home and opened her weight up again. We chased CH SOPHIA for about a year and a half but could never get our schedules right and also chased CH BEAGLE for a year. These were suppose to be two of the best bitches at her weight but they were not trying to bite at the moment so we moved on. Finally we got a hook for her and it was into 4-LIFE kennels KILL WILL 2xW - 2xK. Now this was a BAD bitch!!! She was off of GR CH WILLIE Jr to a Red Rage bitch. Everything she has ever been on was DOA R afterwards and we seen this with our osie’s first and second win second was into Manjares’ DIABLA own eyes!!! This by far was suppose were over the border. I let 2xW in wich ROSIE won in 1:24 and to be ROSIE’S best match. KILL WILL R&R kennels take her and finished her. She showed her supe- came out strong and cought Rosie in condition her as I could not make ei- rior defensive abilities in this one but the shoulder pretty good, and was ther of these shows. Her first was into by 1:20 rose was finishing!! I get her biting HARD!!! But ol’ Rosie never Hernandes’ LOCITA 1xW in wich Rosie back and hooked her for her third into paniced and got her favorite hold un- won in :25 fairly easily. She destroyed a CH out in the desert. This was the der the bottom jaw and peeled her this one so bad she did not even get first time I conditioned Rosie myself. out. As KILL WILL drove and fought a chance to show gameness!! Her Rosie is one of the hardest work- for more holds Rosie twisted, flipped 18 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 and rolled to keep KILL WILL out and Rosie heard and got back on her feet legs” I thought that so much that I al- she did! It was hard to catch Rosie!!! and went to work like she had all for most hooked her into DVK’S CH MISS Then finally KILL WILL slowed down legs still. A turn was called on Rosie JACKSON. I talked to DVK about it and Rosie turned it up! She went in to by me so we could get the scratching but we both agreed these two bitches finish and started working KILL WILL going, then I made a handle!!! When I had nothing else to prove and plus over when a Turn was called on KILL got to the corner she was still strug- ROSE RED was on three legs and WILL. She took the count in 1:03 with gling to get back to the action. I no- MISS JACKSON WAS 8 or 9 years old out CH ROSE RED having to scratch ticed her bone was sticking out her so that would have been senseless! once and Rosie never took a breath! leg so I stuck it back in and straight- ROSE RED had a style that was hard So that made her a 4xW ! ened it out and let her go! Rosie took to beat. She had a very good mouth off falling on her face getting up and that would put one behind quickly. After that we tried SOPHIA and going hard! She made it to Blonka in 3 She was a slick head, muzzle, and BEAGLE again. But SOPHIA was secs and pounded her in the corner!!! bottom jaw expert. When she held hooked for her 5th and Beagle well I made another quick handle and I no- one out she was hurting it! Once they just did not want to see ROSIE! ticed that BLONKA was taking quite a she got one down she would finish. So we went into the next best bitch we beating as well and was not looking ROSE RED would keep such a high could find and LDK’S BLONKA 2xW to good. Like I said Rosie had a mouth pace that she would always make the 2xK (who was also chasing Beagle) that would put you behind without you other handler say ”My dog must not stepped up to the plate. Blonka was even knowing it! So now it was time be right today” but the fact was ROSE an excellent daughter of GR CH DE- for Blonka to scratch. The whole time RED could make an ace look like a STROYER that had finished her last I am telling CLOSED CASKET who beginner. The kicker to all this is that two into top notch dogmen! Rosie was my cornerman “If Blonka comes Rosie’s best weight would have been came out barnstorming! It looked I’m picking up” Rosie had took so 31lbs but she went twice at 33, twice like we were going to finish that bitch much damage with NO signs of stop- at 34, and once at 32. She went up in right there than a fang was called. ping that I knew she would take her weight for all five. In all 5 ROSE RED ELECTRIFYING Duke Wayne (RIP) end if she had to! Well Duke Wayne only had to scratch one time into an who was refing told us to handle so (RIP) yelled out sponges in and face apponent and that was on three legs! we did. Well it was a fucked up handle them, then release! Blonka did not All the others could not come or were and on the handle Rosie suffered a move! I could not believe it. I stood finished! SHE IS ONE OF THE GREAT- compound fracture in her leg. I mean perfectly still so Blonka would not EST 31-32lbs BITCHES OF HER ERA!! her paw was touching her elbow! It see any movement. It seemed like was bad and only 3 into the show! that was the longest count ever but I would like to thank BBZ, CLOSED Well now we are right away thinking when he hit ten the crowd rushed CASKET, MWC, R&R, DRK, and a few about picking up but ol’ Rosie never the floor like it was the final four others for all the help and support made a sound and kept working like championship!!! In :48 min Rosie had all of you gave ROSIE and myself be- nothing happened so we waited... just won her fifth to become GR CH fore, during, and after all her shows. I Rosie took an ass woopin for about ROSE RED in one of the greatest and would also like to send a shot out for 25 but was still working from the bot- most electrifying shows I ever seen ELECTRIFYING DUKE WAYNE (RIP) tom. Then at the 30 mark Rosie was and I’ve seen some greats. Rosie was He was a true dogman and credit to back on top in Blonka’s nose real awarded GIS and BIS that night with this sport!! He will be sadly missed good and was starting to look good Many old timers and other good dog- but always remembered!!! Rosie and again, but then Blonka put Rosie on men proclaiming she is the best dog myself will never forget him as he her back again and started working at her weight period! She was retired AWARDED GR CH ROSE RED the GIS her, now remember Rosie has been after this show cause of the fracture and BIS trophies in the same night on 3 legs for 30 now so we are think- in her leg. she won her GR CH title. Those two ing that if nothing happens after our trophies will always remind us of OL next scratch we would pick up. As we Hell, sometimes I sit back and were talking about it it seemed like Think ”I bet Rosie can win on three 19 ELECTRIFYING DUKE WAYNE and that SPECIAL night. SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 20 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Dear Journal, expect you to be an authority on the dogs featured. So when Sam had flight turn around from Spain two hours past Cuba you make a dog like Vengeance a cover dog and have him back to Cancun then 28 hours in Cancun then 11 hours to in a story entitled “The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing Spain arrive and must fight next day! Because of drug trade But the Truth.” we are expecting that by the end of the article would they didn’t let me in cargo to see my dog so the dog we’ll have received just that... the truth. I mean why title the stayed in crate 48 hours. Worse get this I train in Mexico City article that if not to clear up the untruths? Now in this case for last two weeks but on carpet mill last week Sam only can maybe we did receive the whole truth but why were none of do two minutes and wimpers I don’t know what is happening. the rumours addressed or even mentioned if only to be dis- It turns out I was leaving water out all night and all other 70 missed as just that...rumour? The SDJ should be held to a bowls turned upside down and I did not ask my friend En- higher standard than most of these messages boards where rique why? I figured to save having to clean well on ranch are speculation and gossip can run rampant. thousands. Or rats and I had buffet water so needless to say Sam Jr had full blown lepto and I did not know it! Why my There should at this point be no doubt whether the dog’s ac- kidney values off and urea sky high! I finally get it when GR complishments are 100% correct as stated by his owners CH Winny takes Sams spot and when we get back Winny does because the SDJ has interviewed them. But the speculation not want to train and dark brown piss and blood in urine and still runs rampant because the tough questions were not Sam won’t hydrate at a 10 count so get lepto test Sam’s kid- asked. We’re still not sure who awarded him DOY? As well as neys 10%. Go figure Sam had fucked up trip and lepto from a myriad of other questions on this animal. my genuious idea not ask why water bowls taken out of kennels and turned upside down! This is something all dogmen To be clear I don’t have an opinion one way or the other but I can learn from if have rodents waterbowls taken out at night do feel that credible dogmen have raised concerns and again and turned upside down especially if there is no other water whether it is your intention or not we would expect that the source! In any event Sam Jr winner in two hours and ten! SDJ would be the place to find the answers. Blackrocks Knls’ Drz Dear Editor, I absolutely believe in free speech, and I’m not thin skinned First of all let me start by stating I’ve enjoyed every issue of about being criticized myself. However, an editor of a dog the SDJ you’ve published. Each one a little bit better than the magazine needs to edit or refuse to publish articles that de- last and the October and November issues being two of the fame people or specific dogs or in any way puts the breed or better SDJ issues ever in my opinion. My only real request be- the sport in a bad light. Lord knows, there is plenty of bad ing that the match reports would be a little bit more detailed and false publicity about it without our adding to it. I can re- at times in an effort to get a better sense of the dogs. member the editor of a show dog magazine, mind you, saying that they didn’t publish anything negative against people I have no issues with you using this correspondence in print or dogs because it would devolve into an exchange in which but I’m actually writing this as an appeal to you directly. It has show dog people would be accusing each other of winning become very obvious to many of us that while this is a new (dog shows!) by trickery and of stealing chickens for a living. SDJ your readership in many ways is holding you to some of It seems to me that our standards should be just as high. the (lofty, unrealistic?) standards of the old SDJ, and whether Best regards, it was your intention or not people not only want reporting but Dick 21 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 22 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 I met Dr. Kimsey Woods over 25 years ago, he was a big man and a principle of a high school. Kimsey Woods, Baker Davis, Ronnie Hyde all came under Maurice Carver. Kimsey was a great breeder and a great story teller, we would be sitting in the living room and he would say “son, blood is more important then just good dogs”, what he meant was a cold bitch is Redd, Johnny Hats two time winner Kimsey would have Shirley bred better than a hot one with a scattered Cocoa...I know a lot of other great diffrent ways I won’t go into it but she ped. dogs escape my mind but it was hard had three diffrent peds I know of. I to win here in this small city. We had know he was a great man but I’m tell- OK, all you Rascal folks, Kimsey no problem going out of town to win ing the truth because I was there and sold me a nice little bitch named but when we came home we had a the dogs were of high quality. Shirley II and when she got off the hard time and folks, this was over 20 plane I had her rubbing her and pet- years ago. Another those old dog men did ting her she heard a bark in the back yard andshe jumped out of my arms. was breed on the first heat! Carver Now back to Shirley, she was bred did it, Woods did it and told me to do to Woods’ Sundance and then bred to it. So when folks are screaming all Shirley weighed 35 lbs fat. I had Abernathy’s Bosco which was a super crazy Im’ just laying back cracking a 65 lbs Norrod dog named Brutus. litter. Out of this litter came Woods’ up. Bullyson’s dam was bred on her Brutus turned out to be a 6x Grand Amber (the grand dam of GR CH- fist heat by a great dog man. Nobody Champion in mexico. He was a beast Blackjack). I was on the phone back in attacked him... but that little bitch was all over him. the day with Razorback Kennels and Kimsey got so mad at me “do not he said “son, I got the baddest Rascal OK, back to the dogs, when you mess with that bitch, she is a brood dog in the world. He is putting them in are out there with your Blackjack bitch”. I bred Shirley to my Bert dog the dirt”, than he said how is he bred, dogs, remeber some of us paid the first. Bert was a deadgame Eli Jr Abernathy’s Bosco x Woods’ Shirley price for them. Another thing Kimsey / Oso Negro male. From that litter II...maan I had bred that dog, wow. He said was “never roll her” but I didnt came Joe Redd II, BLB’s Bandit, Rev’s was a one time winner, his name was listen. She was a dead game lil bitch. Rascal ect... Razorback’s Tex. If you see her in your ped be proud... Joe Redd was an ACE! No dog could stand under him, he would completely dismantle your animal. Butch’s Bandit was a hard mouth destroyer. A big time dog man still says Bandit was one of the best hes ever seen and hes seen alot. We had a little city in ohio that was hard to win in, we had BLB’s GR CH Satan, Catfish’s CH Red Jetrho’s CH Red, Going Hard’s CH Da brat, Going Hard’s Judo 2xW and two other champions from BLB & Cash’s CH Bruno, Johnny Hat’s two time winer Pat Carver’s Black Shine Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal Carver’s Orphan Annie Ii Woods’ Smokey Hyde’s George Hyde’s Miss Georgia Carver’s Meanie Woods’ Shirley Ii Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal Jr Crenshaw’s Ch Honeybunch Rom Woods’ Angel Crenshaw’s Ch Rascal Woods’ Geraldine Hyde’s Miss Georgia 23 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 “I feel that George was one of the best men we ever had in the dog game. By that I mean he was a good man in life a good family man & good business man as well as a top dogman. I first met Saddler in the late 1950’s down in Cleveland Mississippi, where he ran a cafe with his wife Mildred. Cecil Collins ran a liquor store in the same town & they were close friends. In all the times that I saw Saddler & his son-in-law Curly Hays match dogs I can’t ever remember seeing them lose. Saddler was a man that could bring in a dog in at his bottom weight & keep him strong as a bear. I always felt that Saddler was tops when it came to working a dog, bar none. He was also one of the best handlers when it came to close action with the dogs. George was very high on walking a dog, when you felt that you had walked him enough, his motto was “walk him some more” ! I can’t ever remember Saddler being over weight when I was there & he never matched at a dog that came in over the weight. He simply took the forfeit, he would say “everyone knew the weight before we got here” & their was no match. George was a sharp dresser & a real gentlemen to everyone that I ever saw him deal with. He would stand with his hands behind his back most of the time. I well remember him in that pose when an opponent would be leaving with less money & a beat dog . He would reach around to shake hands & tell them” You boys come on back down anytime you get another It’s exactly 40 years ago that George Saddler died on December 25th 1969 at the age of 70. He was thought of as one of the the best conditioner and handler of his time, a smart and cautious man. Following are some thoughts from dogmen of the past & present on George Saddler - The Mississippi Hawk. 24 dog to match” Few are left that knew George Saddler, he’s gone but history won’t forget a man with the class he brought to the dog game.” James Crenshaw SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 “When I first met George Saddler He was lucky to have two dishwash- exactly what type of dog it would in 1950, he owned the “El Rancho” ers from his restaurant that would take to defeat that individual. If you restaurant in Cleveland Mississippi. take turns walking the dog until Sad- matched that same dog into George We made many trips there after that dler said it was enough. I once asked next time, you were in trouble from first time because his conventions George why so much handwalking? the word go! I’ve witnessed George were among the best at that time. He smiled & said “Number one, It’ll winning a lot of them that way. Having all the top names there to teach a dog to stay on his feet” “Num- fill the card. He was always happy to ber two It’ll teach him to think when I refereed many matches between see you & always insisted that you he’s tired & fatigued!” I can truthfully Leo Kinard of Meridian Mississippi & have something to eat. He always say George helped me a lot with my Saddler. These two gentlemen butted made you feel comfortable! We kept conditioning in the early years. heads too many times to count & I in touch & remained friends until his death. can honestly say if you tally it up, they “Rebel” was the result of a broth- were about even, as Leo was a good er to sister mating of John Barbee’s judge of dogs & a great conditioner As you may already know, he was “Rock” & his full sister, pure Corvino too. a gambler by trade all of his life, that’s dogs. The sad part of it is that they all he ever did! His wife Mildred ran bred the same two individuals togeth- I could go on & on about this leg- the restaurant while George played er until they died & never produced end from the past, George Saddler cards & matched his dogs. another one like “Rebel” (The Mississippi Hawk) as he was known. But I feel that this is enough In the early 1950’s Bob Wallace George Saddler had such a great of North Little Rock Arkansas put eye for a performing dog that if he on a classic convention. There were ever saw your dog go once, he knew top names as well as top dogs on the card! Men like Cecil Collins (The Mississippi Travler) with his dog “Buzz”. Mr. Martin with “Lil”, a littermate to “Dibo”. Saddler had his “Rebel” dog, a lemon spotted 17 month old dog going into Mr. Red Baines “Schoolboy” dog. This match ended in a draw. The following year, Saddler brought “Rebel” to Louisiana to go into Mr. Levergne’s “Brindle Billy” dog. When “Rebel” hit the scale he was a little heavy. Saddler said with a grin “We’ll not pay a forfeit just yet, if you’ll give me a little time I’ll make weight”. Saddler & Bert Clouse took “Rebel” & ran him along side the car along the bayou until he made weight. “Rebel” won one hell of a contest! This is where Saddler’s conditioning came into play. Saddler believed in a lot of handwalking during a dogs keep. George Saddler with a couple of pups 25 for now. I was proud to call him my friend.” Floyd Boudreaux SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Louisiana. He told me that “Rebel” wasn’t the best fighting dog, but he was strong, could bite & Saddler thought he was game. This match was into Mike Ferris’ “Fritz” a dog that had won 6 fights in Arizona & thought to be unbeatable. “Fritz “ was said to be able to do it all. Saddler gave 11b. for travel to “Fritz” so it was “Fritz” at 50 & “Rebel” at 49. Saddler owned a restaurant about 2 miles south of Cleveland Miss. Which his wife Mildred ran in the day, & George ran at night. He said we would be working “Rebel” in the mornings after staying up through Frank Fitzwater, George Saddler and Joe Corvino in 1960. the night, with “Rebel” sleeping in the “George Saddler acquired his first rules-without an out of holds count) pit bull in 1915 at the age of 17 in Tus- “Brownie” made a hard scratch, then caloosa Alabama. He told me that he “Pepper” made a good scratch. They George was a very quiet man & received the most schooling in the each made a couple more scratches, a little eccentric. He was a tall red dog game from Jack Granger & some then “Pepper” took the count at 3:05 haired man some 6 ft. 1&1/2 inch- of the old time dog-men in the early making the first & longest match I’ve es, very smart & a shrewd, analyti- 1920’s. He was given his first dog by ever seen. cal person who seemed to be trying my grandfather Wallace Cooper Scott in Mississippi in 1915. car each night. to psychoanalyze me. He was very I did not get to talk to Saddler after thrifty with his money, & an excellent the match as he, Cruly Hays & Cecil money manager & business person. My first meeting with Saddler took Collins had gone home after the sec- Who I think was wondering why I place on Oct 23,1954. This was the day ond match. Which was mine, but I did hadn’t pestered him with numerous before a large convention that year in visit with him in Mississippi the follow- questions on conditioning, handling which Saddler was to be 1/2 of the first ing July while on vacation. Later we etc. Which I’m sure many others had match. He had a dog called “Pepper” were both matched at a big convention in the past. Even though I had only matched into Larry Roofner’s “Brown- in South Louisiana & he told me that matched 6 dogs at the time, & George ie”. Saddler had lost to “Brownie” the he would be matching his “Rebel” dog had matched over 100. I didn’t want year before & this was a second match. again in a few months & he would like him to know just how green & wet be- Saddler’s dog was of Tudor breeding for me to help work the dog. I told him hind the ears I was. Then after a week brown & white. “Brownie” was a Ko- sure & so the following Feb. I made my or so George pretty much let me take mosinski x Colby bred dog a brindle. way to Mississippi. Saddler & an old over & do what I wanted with “Rebel”. I remember that “Pepper” was 3 lbs. time dogman named Hamp Solomon He did have a very technical way of light, but they went ahead with the met me at the bus depot, we 3 went wanting me to walk “Rebel” by some- match. After a slow waltz of just over to Saddler’s house & they showed me times trying to get in front of him, on 2 hrs. neither dog doing much dam- the “Rebel” dog & told me that he was each side of him & switching positions age, they became exhausted & lay in ready for conditioning. of which I could never understand. My the corner like a couple of old maids previous schooling had been with sev- & went to sleep. Then “Brownie” “Rebel” had been matched twice eral old timers in Shreveport LA. They got up & walked away thus making before, drawing in the first & winning had known Saddler years earlier men a turn (this was under the old UKC the second against a terrible dog in like , Bill Becket, Oscar Hufft, Frank 26 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Tilly & Grady Wilder. Up to this point dog. This was a “bad” dog owned by mental asset of a fighting dog which my experience had never included Lormand of Louisiana. I was unable is “gameness” & the most physical using a treadmill, only working my to make it as I was planning to get asset of a fighting dog which is !en- dogs next to the car on country roads. married, but I did go to the match. ergy”. In this day of drugs & additives I was rolling dogs in cow pastures. This match was at Saddlers, with there has in recent years become a “Rebel” winning after only a couple drug that is very inexpensive & effec- During the nights when business of scratches. “Pinto” was counted tive in combination with correct con- was slow I enjoyed his stories of a out at 1:40. I have been asked by ditioning. It will translate into proper few years earlier, of him traveling several people how “Rebel”, “Fritz”, rest & sleep which turns into energy. with Gene Russell. They would go to or “Pinto” would have done with 3 This non toxic drug is called melato- matches & casinos in Cuba. As day- other dogs their size, “Benny Bob”, nin which I believe if thought out & light broke I’d walk “Rebel” 40 min. “Eli Jr”or “Bullyson”? I can truthfully used correctly is the most effective or so to empty him out then bring say that after seeing these 6 dogs go, conditioning asset to any animal in him back to work the mill. Then off that “Rebel”, “Fritz” or “Pinto” would any athletic event. the mill for a much longer walk, have beat either of these other 3 through the trails of the nearby cot- dogs. There are only a handful of men ton fields, then back to the restau- alive today who knew George Saddler rant to feed & water “Rebel”. He was George had another great dog eating two cooked 12oz. packages of named “Prince” that was a brother horse meat, with about a cup of wet to “Rebel” who was about 12lbs. kibble added, with the grease re- smaller. They were sired by Barbee’s moved. Then George, Rebel & I went “Rock” out of a “Colby” bitch. This home to sleep during the day with dog was pound for pound the most “Rebel” sleeping on the bed at my terrible dog in history, or very close feet, till late in the afternoon. Then to it. From the late 50’s until George we would return to the restaurant for passed away about 1970 George suf- another 12 hr. stay. fered from emphysema & was unable year marks the 111th year of his birth, real well, one that was close to him is Don Mayfield. Everyone will agree that George was the most shrewd & talented conditioner & handler for over 4 decades. When he came along & started matching dogs in the early 20’s. with dogs properly emptied out & dried out, he blew away the competition. This to walk & condition as he had earlier. I’m sure that all will enjoy the photos I enjoyed George’s stories about He did however match many more & writing submitted concerning his the other respected conditioners dogs with his son-in-law Curly Hays, activities with these interesting dogs.” he’d known, like Ham Morris, Paul & Cecil Collins helping him most of Sweene etc. As fight day neared it the time. He & I discussed the most was easy to see that “Rebel” was a big 49 lb. dog, he could go a pound or two larger. So we began walking him a little longer to stay at 49 after he was empty. At fight time “Rebel” was exactly 49 & “Fritz” was 50lbs. This was a very intense match with only a couple of scratches. “Fritz” was the better fighting dog & wrestler, but “Rebel” was the stronger dog & a harder biter. At about 1:25 “Fritz” took the count with “Rebel” winning! A few months later George called me to see if I would help him work “Rebel” for a match with the “Pinto” George Saddler handling Pete Sparks’ GIZMO in 1956 27 Scotty Nelson SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 “Christmas morning, Curly Hays called me & told me that George Saddler had just passed away. To me I felt that I had lost a friend. George was a good man & intelligent. If a pit dog Hall of Fame is ever formed, George Saddler will be in the hall among the all-time greats. I think George fought dogs about 50 years. His winnings were great throughout his career. George had been sick for the last ten years. He would get up & go work his dog when most men would have stayed in bed. He’ll be missed by all that knew him. When I look out across a cotton field in Mississippi, I’ll picture “The Mississippi Hawk” walking Maurice Carver presents Saddler with studded dog collar as a trophy for best dog in show a good pit dog.” “George Saddler was one of the Mason’s Ch Bill. Ch Bill was consid- better dog men of this century. He ered one of the best at his weight of was very active in the doggame for 40lbs. Gizmo whipped Bill in 46 min. over 50 years. Always considered Saddler’s Ch Rebel was a 4 x win- “It is with regret that I write of the one of if not the best conditioner & ner & voted most outstanding dog of passing of our good friend, George handler of his time. He should be re- 1957. Saddler, who passed away on December 25,1969. Although he had membered for his battles with some of the best in the business. Maurice Carver, 1970 Of course he is to be remembered for his Ch Frito dog a son of the great been very ill for over a year, he remained active until the end. Saddler saved one of the gamest Tudor’s Dibo ( Frito beat the famous dogs of the time Emerson’s Smilin’ Cotton’s Bullet) & was a 3 x winner. George will always be remem- Jack. Jack lost to Corvino’s Thunder Saddler used Don Mayfield’s Lighting bered as a top matchmaker & top in a very hard battle in the 1930’s the dog (Lighting was a Heinzl bred dog contender. He had a way of getting match went 3:05. Saddler took Jack both sire & dam were bred by Howard his opponent so nervous before a home & retired him for use as a stud Heinzl) he matched Lighting into the match that they would sometimes dog. Always thought to be ahead of his great Tudor’s Spike. Spike ate Light- make mistakes that could cost them time with his conditioning methods ing up in just under the hour mark & the match. Saddler matched into the best & had won the match. Saddler then borrow- many top battles, he was never easy ered Tudor’s Spike & won over Teal’s During my first five years in to beat, & a real sportsman in win- Mugs, Spike won over Mugs to make the dog game, I spent quite a bit of ning. One memroable battle involving him a 4 time winner. One of Saddler’s time with George & he taught me a Saddler was held at the 1953 con- favorite dogs was his Rock dog the lot about working a dog. However, vention Saddler’s Dan vs Roofner’s winner of some hard fought matches. I was never able to work the dog in Brownie. Brownie won in 1:25 without His Muskrat dog won best in show the manner that he wanted me to. a turn. Then at the 1954 convention honors in the 1960’s Cecil Collins, a long time friend of George, works a dog in just the way it was Saddler’s Pepper vs Roofner’s Brownie. Brownie won again this time in 3:05, the first 2:10 with out a turn. Saddler’s winnings were great that Saddler taught him & as everyone known, Cecil is a hard man to through out his carrer.” beat. Curley Hays, George’s son-in- In 1959 Saddler shaped & handled TL Williams Spark’s Gizmo & matched into Clyde 28 law is another man that has had the SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 pleasure of working dogs for George. “Just a line to say hope you folks write her a letter. So I wrote & said Leo Kinard & George were long time had a nice Christmas & many more. “Mildred you know you got to scratch friends, they matched many a dog Curley Hays called me Christmas to win, so get out of that bed & get into one another. I have heard that morning, saying that George Saddler well” So after that she told me she when George & Leo met, everyone just passed away. That I hate to hear. thought that did her more good than knew that they were going to see a George & I had been friends for forty the medicine she was taking. For that top match. Saddler was one of the years. To my notion, George was one, was the first time she had laughed in first to match a dog in Cajun coun- if not the best man in the pit with a 6 weeks. try. Everyone will remember George dog in the country. He could get more for the great dogman that he was & scratches out of a dog than anyone. will miss & remember him for a long Well they are gone but not forgotten & will be missed by all. Hope to I will never forget the time Mil- time to come.” see you at the next match in Okla.” dred, George’s wife was in the hospiDon Mayfield tal in Tennessee. George asked me to George Saddler making shure that the jobs gets done. George Saddler and pit dogs of his day. the times. Bozo who was one of the best A 6 (six) time winner, rare for One of Saddler’s best. Bozo won the fol- lowing fights : Whipped Robertson’s NIG July 4, 1926. Whipped Dismuke’s SPORT in 40 on in1:00 on December 10, 1927. Stopped Carpenter’s LINDY in 1:04 on July 4, 1930. Won over Tudor’s STUBBS in 18 in 53 on November 18, 1933. Whipped Deadwylder’s on April 15 ,1931. Stopped Coleman’s JACK BATTLE in 24 on November 17, 1935. 29 Earl Tudor, 1970 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 30 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 They made their way inside and they could hear Choco “ Choco was acting, and still is acting, like the real whining. Ralph was embarrassed thinking for sure Cho- thing. He’s affectionate. He’s acting in a random set of ac- co’s damage was obvious with his whining, but the old tions, no preprogrammed loops. The mechanical version’s man had a grin from ear to ear. They went inside the room are nothing like this as you know very well. When you two with Choco’s crate, and the old man said “ Ralph take him were in the fight box I could see him looking at you for en- out for me. Let me see him.” Ralph opened the door and couragement, and unlike the rest of the dogs, he reacted Choco shot out, still sore and limping from his match., yet to your support. Handler bond is not something they’ve rubbing himself against Ralph’s leg. He must have a skin been able to program into these machines yet. I felt a jolt problem now thought Ralph, embarrassed to have such a of life inside I hadn’t felt for years. I had my son get your damaged dog in front of the legendary James Fontibeaux. addres get on the horn to find you and I had to come see He looked over at James who’s eyes were teary and he was for myself if you had the real thing.” smiling. He walked over to Choco and flipped him on his Ralph was extremely confused and angry at who gave stomach. His smile quickly disappeared. He could see the out his address, but later for that. Affectionate? The dogs serial numbers of the programmer he came from. This were not programmed to be affectionate. He thought was a sure sign that Choco was in fact a mechani-canine. something was damaged in Choco’s programming actu- “ Everything okay sir?” Ralph asked him, as he let Cho- ally. He stood quiet. co go and got back up on his feet. Choco limped over to “Let me see the programming papers on this dog Ralph and rubbed against his leg, smiling up at him. Ralph. “Ralph went to get the papers as James stood with “Yea Ralph, I’m just disappointed is all.” Choco, petting him like someone would a real dog. Choco “ Why is that?” actually seemed to enjoy it. “ Well son it isn’t everyday I come to someone’s yard to “ Nothing surprising here. He’s programmed from the see their dogs. After you’ve seen the real thing, all these Mechani-Redboy stock with some of the Mechani-Bolio mechanical dogs are the same. They may have different stuff.. Looks like 5 generations of programming and they styles and colors with a random amount of gameness but still don’t put in any emotion in the dogs. Where did you I can tell from how you act around them they still haven’t get Choco?“ the old man asked. installed any personality traits in them. They are empty “Cousin of mine sold him to me. He got him from an fighting machines. The American Pitbull Terrier was much older gentleman in his area who was moving in with his more than that. Yet when I saw you handling Choco the daughter in his elderly age.” other night I thought I was dreaming.” Well…something is definitely up with Choco, but I “ What do you mean?” couldn’t tell you what though.” he said as he held the pa31 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 pers in one hand and petted the dog with the other. He dog barking and jumping along a chain setup just long gave the papers back to Ralph and walked through the enough that she can drink fresh water from the stream. house to the door. Ralph followed closely, not knowing ex- They walked over to her and she licked both of them and actly what to say. rubbed up against their legs. James grabbed a leash that “Ralph why don’t you come with me? I got something was nailed to a tree nearby, unhooked her from her chain to show you.” and connected it to her collar. “ Her name is Stacy. See “ Sure let me grab a jacket.” if you find any serial numbers on this one Ralph.” James As they rode in the SUV they listened to the radio. “ A said handing him the leash. Ralph bent down and Stacy violent showdown between Police and Animal Rights Ex- licked him all over his face in obvious affection. Ralph tremists earlier today, claiming seven lives. The shootout laughed as he looked for the numbers, and gasped when occurred outside a mall store that was selling natural- he couldn’t find any. death leather couches. The extremists claimed it to be non “Is she….?” Ralph said with huge eyes. regulated leather, holding the store owner and his employ- “ She is the last one from my old stock before they were ees hostage. SWAT was called in and automatic gun fire all murdered, hidden here in the woods. She is a genu- erupted. All of the extremists were killed and one innocent ine pitdog. She’s about 8 years old. Beautiful isn’t she?” bystander was hit in the crossfire. More details to come James said with a smile so wide his face looked stretched. in-” at which point James turned off the radio. They walked back to the barn as Stacy ran in the fields “ You know Ralph, there was a time when we had leath- with Ralph. He felt an inner warmth he never felt before er for most things and we all had different pets. Snakes, but couldn’t explain what it was. For the time being he en- rabbits, lizards of all sorts, cats, and of course dogs. Real joyed the glimmering spirit in Stacy‘s stare. After spending breathing creatures. These animal rights folk took all several hours talking with Mr.Fontibeaux and petting Stacy that away. They started without dogs first you know. They the old man started to look tired. Ralph, not wanting to claimed they were evil, built for destruction. The dog’s over stay his welcome suggested he go home so he could fanciers cried out and we objected their every claim, but rest. “ Ralph thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed what as usual people don’t care if it doesn’t hurt them. They you saw today. Call me sometime. Take care of that Choco, didn’t have a bulldog so why would they fight for us? Our he’s a special one. My son will drive you back.” James said dogs were the first to go, then everyone else’s. By the time to Ralph as they stepped outside. James’s son, Allen drove they figured out the agenda of these people every pet was up in another SUV signaling him to get inside. On the long gone. Bet if they took the side of their own American breed ride back, Ralph looked at the number Mr.Fontibeaux had when it first started, then none of this bullshit would’ve given him, wondering when he could come back and see happened.” James explained to Ralph as they turned onto Stacy. He was shocked to see an authentic one and saw an immense farm. how different they acted , smelled, felt and interacted from “ Welcome to my home Ralph. I almost never bring the mechanical ones. He was depressed that he couldn’t anyone here. But under the circumstances I felt like I have one like her. Little did he know, Choco was closer to needed to show you something here.” his dreams than he realized. “ thanks for bringing me. It’s a beautiful piece of land As Allen dropped Ralph off, they said their fare- you got here.” wells and he entered the house. Depressed he turned on “ thanks son, but it would look better with some farm the tv, and out came running was Choco. Ralph thought animals. I can’t deal with all the regulations they got now he had locked the crate correctly but maybe Mr.Fontibeaux so I just enjoy the scenery. Follow me.” had left it opened. Choco pushed his muzzle under Ralph’s James lead Ralph past the barn, and through the open arm, trying to be as close to him as he could be. Ralph be- fields until they reached a wooded area. They walked down gan to become teary eye, wishing he could change his me- the edge of a small stream, when sudden barking and chanical dogs for the real thing he had seen. He was obliv- whining could be heard in the distance. ious to the fact that Choco’s Serial numbers were gone, “What’s that?” Ralph asked. fabricated heavy duty marker ink erased by the splash of “ She’s what I came to show you.” James said with a poorly cut bleach solution at the crooked vet’s office. smile. About 50 feet ahead of them was a white and brindle THE END 32 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 33 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 145/10 - Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER + Bushwacker & Body Count Knls’ ROWDY RED M?? Shake, Rattle & Roll Knls BLAZER out of a Floyd/Chinaman/T-Stone cross conditioned by East B.D.P’s, RED out of Marlowe’s BRAVEHEART. BLAZER is too game for ROWDY RED and RED stops at 2:45 Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER 1W 146/10 - Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER 1W + D&D Knls’ NEW JACK M?? Black On Black Knls M?? Back Street Truez Knls M46 Sure-Grip Kennels NEW JACK son of CH CAPTAIN curs out at 31 Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER 2W 147/10 - Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER 2W + Bustin Loose Knls’ BO 1W BO is strong and with mouth but BLAZER nose hold curs out BO at 34 Fo Sho Knls’ CHAMPION BLAZER 148/10 - Robles’ ZUES + Beto’s CARLOS ZUES, a black & white dog off of a Jeep/Indian Pistol cross. CARLOS comes out strong barnstorming into ZUES going hard into the muzzle. CARLOS stays busy on the front end, but gets winded. ZUES keeps nice steady pace straight forward, CARLOS runs out of gas and a turn is called. Both make scratches and CARLOS is picked up game in 21 Robles’ ZUES 149/10 - Manga’s GUNNER + DWB’s MUNCH M33.5 Flipside GUNNER bred by DryCreek and handled by Manga, MUNCH bred and handled by DWB. Both dogs meet in the center and trade, MUNCH definately the stronger dog hitting the front ends and shooting for stifles.GUNNER shows to be a defensive head dog and is able to counter the punches, a turn is called around the 50 mark and MUNCH gets counted out at 1:09 Manja’s Gunner 1W 150/10 - Sobinski’s MORROCCA + Ukano’s Negro Betty 1W F34 Slavi MORROCCA demolishes NEGRO BETTY with out an effort. BETTY is out outsmarted by a faster, stronger and more willing to win hound. Sobinski’s MORROCCA comes in for the win in 32 Sobinski’s MORROCCA 1W 151/10 - Sobinski’s MORROCCA 1W + Pro Boy’s PAZMANIAN WITCH 2W F34 Tranki MORRACCA shows how good her Termite roots are over a good bitch who would not stop coming. MORROCCA causing a huge uproar over the win over the much thought supierer PAZMANIAN WITCH. Sobinski’s 1W MORRACCA wins B.I.S in 1:38 over a 2xw, 1xB.I.S Sobinski’s MORROCCA 2W 152/10 - Sobinski’s MORROCCA 2W + Jordanian’s MS. JIMMY BOOTS 1W F35 Tony MS. JIMMY BOOTS a 1W, 3xOTC. MORROCCA barnstorms MS. JB into the wall. MS. JIMMY BOOTS rag dolls MORROCCA for 6 mins in the mniddle of the ring. MORRACCA gets lose and digs deep into the chest of MS. JB. MORROCCA wins in great manor in 40 mins. After this show CH MORROCCA was sold to TX. Sobinski’s CHAMPION MORROCCA 34 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 153/10 - Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL + Kanya’s DOLLYDAY 1W F35 Steve DOLLYDAY is shurely a good dog she just wasnt better than TABBIE GIRL on this day. A very exciting race it was! TABBIE GIRL wins impressively in 47 Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL 1W 154/10 - Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL 1W + Tito’s CHEYENNE 2W F35 Steve TABBIE GIRL demolished CHEYENNE and stops her from gaining her Championship. There was not one time in which CHEYENNE had the upper hand. TABBIE GIRL wins in great fashion in 1:32 Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL 2W 155/10 - Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL 2W + Chan’s SUE YOUNG 1W F35 ?? This battle right here was a battle in the south to see who would be the next CH. This match had so much riding on it that the buzz made it all the way to the West coast as well the the East coast, not to mention our friend benieth the border. SUE YOUNG coming from Ohio and TABBIE GIRL coming from the scorching heat of Texas. After this long awaited match Rodriguez camp picked up TABBIE GIRL in 7 mins because she was acting wierd and confused almost as if she was “drunk.” Chan’s 2xW SUE YOUNG wins due to the pick up. TABBIE GIRL is now a 2W, 1L still looking for her Championship...OPEN! Chan’s SUE YOUNG 2W 156/10 - Rolling Tone’s BEAST MASTER 1W + Pro Boy’s MR. GUNTHER 1W M38 Shawn D. BEAST MASTER is winning the first 18. At 21 turn is called on BM. At 25 GUNTHER goes deep into BEAST MASTERS stifle and hits a bleeder. GUNTHER wins in 39 Pro Boy’s MR. GUNTHER 2W 157/10 - CSK’s & BNK’s MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT + Land Mine Knls’ TROUBLE M56 Gameline Knls TROUBLE a 1W out face and to the face, MAXIMUM goes up top and controls the head. A turn is called on TROUBLE early and he makes a good scratch. MAXIMUM is handled and comes like a jet. TROUBLE refuses to continue at 28 and MAXIMUM runs a hard courtesy. MAXIMUM is heavy Queen of Hearts/Bull bred, and TROUBLE is Heavy Termite bred. CSK’s & BNK’s MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT 2W THE UNDERWORLD CONVENTION 158/10 - Blackrocks Knls’ CHINO + Dr. Rojas’ ??? M38 Vinny CHINO a red off of CH KIMBO X Blackrocks Knls’ CH BISEXUAL. Dr. Rojas dog a black BULLYSON X JEEP cross from Old Town Kennels. Joyero conditioned and handled CHINO for Blackrocks Kennels.both dogs are fairly even but the Blackrocks entry starts to pull ahead. He is in great condition. Dr. Rojas concedes at 1:20 Blackrocks Knls’ CHINO 159/10 - Old Town Knls’ ??? + Doug & Ted’s ??? M39,5 DNK Both black dogs. Doug & Ted have a WHITE DOG X BOLIO cross and Old Town Kennels is using BULLYSON /JEEP cross. Both dogs are eventhe whole way. Handlers agree to a draw at 2:30. Both dogs run courtesy scratches. DRAW 35 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 160/10 - Karleton + El Panadero M40 El Panadero pays forfeit. 161/10 - Bulldog Barn’s SID Vs. Old Town Kennels’ ??? M41,5 Stickboy SID a TOMBSTONE/ALLIGATOR cross bred by B.C. and Buitre Farms, conditioned and handled by Bubba Mex. Old Town Kennels using a BULLYSON X JEEP cross and a littermate to the dogs in the first 2 shows. SID comes out fast and strong and is working a down dog by the 20 minute mark. Old Town offers a scratch to win at 28. Bubba Mex accepts and scratches to win at 29 Bulldog Barn’s SID 162/10 - Ian’s HERITAGE + Southern Pacific Knls’ FAT BOY M51 Southern Pacific Kennels pays forfeit. 163/10 - Stickboy’s ZZ + Step Brothers’ QUEEN BUCK F36,5 Old Town Kennels QUEEN BUCK slow to start but when she does she really shuts her mouth .QUEEN BUCK starts to pull way ahead and Stickboy concedes at 24. Both bitches scratch. Step Brothers’ QUEEN BUCK 3W 164/10 - Jarocho’s ??? + Chiques Town Knls’ ??? F38 Old Town Kennels Jarocho using a black and white from Blackrocks a daughter of CH CHEYENE. Chiques Town using a Mason bred JEEP cross. Back and forth for 1 hour and 30. Jarocho concedes to save a very game bitch. Chiques Town Knls’ ??? 165/10 - Buitre Game Farms’ PRETTY + Step Brothers’ BITCH F40 Edgar Buitre Farms using PRETTY a 2 x winner off of S.I.C.’s CH PACO X SWEET PEA. She is a little GATOR X BOUDREAUX cross. Step Brothers BITCH a 1 x winner. PRETTY 1,5 pounds light. PRETTY has more of everything and it is over in 40 Buitre Game Farms’ PRETTY 3W Best In Show : Bulldog Barn’s SID Gamest In Show : Old Town Knls’ black 166/10 - Guadalajara Knls’ HANIBAL 1W + Blackrocks Knls’ FERRAS M45 Eddie V HANIBAL an Old Family Red conditioned by Romero, FERRAS From CH COMINO X JEEP bitch conditioned by Atown. FERRAS faster, stronger but HANIBAL way too much mouth , at 32 FERRAS picked up and makes game scratch. Guadalajara Knls’ HANIBAL 2W 167/10 - Blackrocks Knls’ SYNGE 1W + Full Force’s JOHNY CASH 2W M39.5 V Romero SYNGE from BONES IN THE CLOSET x RAGE conditioned by Joyero. JOHNY beaten two champions, he is conditioned and handled by Mountain Boy. JOHNY CASH going for chest, SYNGE on head and ears, two excellent dogs, too bad they had to meet. at two hours of a classic classic battle JOHNY CASH is picked up at 2:05 and both dogs run amazing courtesys. Blackrocks Knls’ SYNGE 2W 36 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 168/10 - GDM’s MAGO + Edik’s DETSA 2W F45 Kamkamidze F46 Kamkamidze F48.5 Kamkamidze GDM’s MAGO wins in 36 GDM’s MAGO 1W 169/10 - GDM’s MAGO 1W + Arabidze’s SHERI GDM’s MAGO wins in 9 GDM’s MAGO 2W 170/10 - GDM’s MAGO 2W + Gulisabedashvili’s JESY GDM’s MAGO wins in 18 GDM’s CHAMPION MAGO 171/10 - GDM’s CH MAGO 3W + Rati’s BACHO F/M48.5Kamkamidze GDM’s CH MAGO wins in 23 GDM’s CH MAGO 4W 172/10 - GDM’s MAGO 4W + Bibileishvili’s LINDA F48.5 Kamkamidze M43.6 ??? GDM’s MAGO wins in 42 GDM’s GRAND CHAMPION MAGO 173/10 - Blackrocks Knls’ GR CH SAM JR + ??? SAM JR conditioned and handled by Atown. SAM’s opponent a 1W by GR CH MOYA. Owner and ref wanted to stay anonymus. SAM JR is in throat finishing strong in 2:10. Blackrocks Knls’ GR CH SAM JR 6W 174/10 - Mustang’s VIRUS + PVM’s KOSHA M45 Belmes VIRUS conditioned by SD Kennels. KOSHA (1xW, 1xD) a son of PVM’s CH HOOCH. VIRUS wins in 53 Mustang’s VIRUS 1W 175/10 - Mustang’s VIRUS + Chuk & Gek Kennels’ LEKHA M44.5 Belmes VIRUS conditioned by SD Kennels. LEKHA (2xW) from SD’s ZACK ROM / Naydenov’s ACE bloodline. VIRUS wins in 34 Mustang’s VIRUS 2W 176/10 - Mustang’s VIRUS + Dubrovin’s PETYA M45 Belmes VIRUS conditioned by SD Kennels. PETYA out of PVM’s GR CH RED LIGHT and a bitch off Victor’s CH IRON KID ROM. VIRUS wins in 1:01 Mustang’s CHAMPION VIRUS 37 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 177/10 - SDBR’s CH VIRUS + Kaluga’s MONGOL M45.8 Klan MONGOL (2xW, 1xGL) out of Latin Force’s GR CH BARRACUDA X SPK’s CH ANACONDA. VIRUS wins in 36 Mustang’s CH VIRUS 4W 178/10 - SDBR’s CH VIRUS + Julbars’ KOSOY M45 Florentin KOSOY (1W versus Bulgarian Champion) a son of Julbars’ GR CH KITCHA. VIRUS wins in 40 Gridnev’s GRAND CHAMPION VIRUS 179/10 - SDBR’s CH VIRUS + Wolchiha’s GR CH SANTIAGO M45 Chernov F34 Kent SANTIAGO 5xW from Alligator / IRON KID bloodline. VIRUS wins in 50 Gridnev’s GR CH VIRUS 6W 180/10 - Pitgrip Combine’s DEEPTHROAT DOLLY + Rodriguez TABBIE GIRL DOLLY 1W, TABBIE GIRL 2W, 1L. At release TABBIE GIRL barnstorms DOLLY with a godly unleashed, force of energy. TABBIE pushes the average looking DOLLY into the corner. TABBIE hits the wall really hard as DOLLY side-step’s most of the onslaught. TABBIE is confused and wobbles severely due to the impact of her head hitting the wall. At :02 DOLLY is attacking the stunned TABBIE’s face. DOLLY bites and digs, bites and digs in TABBIE’s face as she shakes the still confused TABBIE. DOLLY is still working the face but it seems as if TABBIE is getting her composure back. At :06 TABBIE gets her feet back and shoves dolly around trying to get this “deep-throat Devil’ off of her. At :09 DOLLY is fanged and is in bad needing of being unfanged Dogs are handled. At :09 DOLLY goes underneath TABBIE GIRL for the throat hold but ends up mouthing the right shoulder and drives TABBIE into the wall. At this point is seems as if TABBIE didn’t show up to race at all!!! During DOLLY’s drive into the wall TABBIE lost her footing and falls on her back. DOLLY shakes TABBIE around something fierce by her muzzle. The muzzle is almost gone! At :11 TABBY manages to get loose, uses all her energy to run to her corner (stumbling) and partly jumps out of the box. DOLLY grabs TABBIE by her right rear, foot, digs in deep and shakes it. (Pitgrip handles their hungry little Devil). TABBIE curred out and is disqualified due to jumping out of the arena. Pitgrip’s DOLLY has won her second win in 11 due to DQ. Pitgrip asked TABBIE’s camp for a courtesy scratch. Rodriguez’ agreed but Tabbie didn’t. TABBIE GIRL would not scratch and only had one mission in mind and that was “Leaving that there box”. Pitgrip Combine’s DEEPTHROAT DOLLY 2W 181/10 - Pitgrip Combine’s DEEPTHROAT DOLLY 2W + Shepard’s CH MORRACCAF34 Kent CH MORRACCA is a 3W bred down from heavy Termite stock. She is a black bitch, the grand daughter of Proset’s CH MORROCO and Sarg’s CH YELLOW BUCK. MORRACCA came in right on weight. PGC’s DEEPTHROAT DOLLY is a 2W red fawn bitch. she is the great grand daughter of Crenshaw’s GR CH BLACK JACK, Pitstop’s RED ROM and Grand daughter to Champ Bound’s CH JOKER.The tention is high due to the certain circumstances. DOLLY left her first opponent Dead Game and her second opponent jumped out of the pit. Both wer going for their Chamipships and The Deepthroat Devil stopped them in short order. Now DOLLY had the opportunity to stop a world reknown Champion and in doing so be awarded with her own chamiponship. At release MORRACCA shoves DOLLY across the pit and begins to derail her in her own corner. MORRACCA is proving to be skillful as well as strong. At 7 DOLLY gets losose and puts the famous Deepthroat bite accross MORRACCAS face. At :13 MORRACCA is the toughest bitch DOLLY had to face thus far and is shaking DOLLY off of her. MORRACCA is well know for being an ACE on the stifle but cant make use of is due to DOLLY’s defense. At 17 DOLLY outmanuevers MORRACCA and goes in deep into the throat. DOLLY bites deep into the neck and flips MORRACCA. MORRACCA is now on her back for the first time in her entire career. DOLLY is rag dolling MORRACCA and bashing her into the wall. At 35 MORRACCA is getting the blunt of the damage done to her nose and throat and begins to 38 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 move slower and slower. Dogs are handled. DOLLY is eating MORRACCA’s front end alive. MORRACCA can barely stand. At :42 DOLLY digs in deep in the champions throat and stays there working it. At :54 dogs are hadled. MORRACCA tries to make it accross the ring and can’t. She is counted out at 1:06. DEEPTHROAT DOLLY has pulled it off. She has upsetted the world with this win over CH MORRACCA. MORRACCA’s attempts to courtesy with all her might but cant even make it across. DOLLY is standing in her corner on all four legs, leaning at MORRACCA as if to say “this fight isnt over”. DOLLY is awarded her 3rd win and Championship. She is awarded Best In Show for her 2nd win over Rodriguez’ TABBIE GIRL 2W, 1L and a G.I.S for her 3rd over the very talented Shepard’s CH MORRACCA from accross seas in the SAME NIGHT. DOLLY sustained minimal damge and lives to tell the tail of the day she stopped CH MORRACCA. Pitgrip Combine’s CHAMPION DEEPTHROAT DOLLY 182/10 - Weigner’s BLACK ANNIE 1W + Bradman’s 1xw SARA LEE 1W F37 Kent Bradman’s Sara lee is a Yellow bitch. She is heavy Tant’s Yellow bred hound with a long, lean, body. Weigner’s 1xw Black Annie is a solid black develish looking bitch. She is heavy Gr ch gillis’ Gizmo. Both hounds come right in on wieght. Black annie shoots in and gets a good hold of sara’s stifle. Sara bites hard down on annie’s ear and shakes. At :25 Black annie gets her turn to grab and hold sarah lee by her thoat. At :31 Sara lee is not moving too well because Annie has hit a bleeder in Sara’s chest. Sara is moving slower and slower, defending herself less and less. Bradman throws in towel to save his Sara at :52 mins. Weigner’s BLACK ANNIE 2W 183/10 - Rocksteady Crew’s BLITZ + SK’s TINA 1W F44 D.M. RC is using BLITZ a brindle/white head, TINA a 1W buckskin conditioned & handled by Grasshopper. BLITZ is the better and it is over in 12 when TINA doesn’t go on her first Rocksteady Crew’s BLITZ 1W 184/10 - Hermanos Munoz’ ROSCO + Magana’s MARISCAL M37.5 Gerardo San Luis ROSCO a Bulyson / Booger by YUGGIE 2W, handled and conditioned by Gero. MARISCAL a Stu Fowler cross, handled by Magana, conditioned by Atown. MARISCAL all in stifles and stomach and nuts. Too much mouth and speed and ROSCO picked up at 26 giving an amazing display of gameness. Magana’s MARISCAL 185/10 - Hermanos Munoz’ MOSLEY + Blackrocks Knls’ CUKO 2W M42.4 Gerardo San Luis MOSLEY a Bulyson/Booger X Conde/Morena cross handled and conditioned by Pachuco . CUKO a 2W Cardenas/Maverick/ Boomerang cross. Even about 10 minutes stifles to stifles CUKO in better shape and more mouth , CUKO showing strong finish and MOSLEY picked up in 24 Blackrocks Knls’ CHAMPION CUKO a.k.a. MACHETE 186/10 - CML & Magana’s JIMMY + Cholo Knls’ SMOKING 2W M61.7 Atown JIMMY a red/red nose Mayday x Little John Cross by CML’s CH WAYCAN, handled by Magana conditioned by Atown. SMOKING a black 2W handled and conditioned by Cholo. SMOKING controling by ears for ten minutes and faster dog,. At 20 minutes SMOKING runs hot and all JIMMY on muzzle and throat. turn is called at 27 minutes and at 38 SMOKING does not run his first scratch. CML & Magana’s JIMMY 1W 39 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 187/10 - Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE + Hub’s TRAIN M51 S&K M51 Clarence WOLVERINE (VENGEANCE x ANGER) wins in 28 Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE 1W 188/10 - Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE 1W + J5’s TAB JR 1W WOLVERINE wins in 30 Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE 2W 189/10 - Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE 2W + Headache’s CH GORILLA BLACK 4WM51 DK WOLVERINE (VENGEANCE x ANGER) going for his Championship and wins in 55 Killer Combine’s CHAMPION WOLVERINE 190/10 - Killer Combine’s CHAMPION WOLVERINE + PEPE 1W M52 Gene M33 Clarence M33 Hardcore PEPE wins in 1:12 over the dead game WOLVERINE PEPE 2W 191/10 - Killer Combine’s SABERTOOTH + CSK’s ICEMAN 2W SABERTOOTH (VENGEANCE x AK-47) wins in 17 Killer Combine’s SABERTOOTH 1W 192/10 - Killer Combine’s SABERTOOTH 1W + Big D’s FREAK SABERTOOTH wins in 55 Killer Combine’s SABERTOOTH 2W Sporting Dog Journal Champion Jesse Rod’s MIDNIGHT JR Killer Combine’s GR CH VENGEANCE Killer Combine’s RED VICTORIA Killer Combine’s WOLVERINE Killer Combine’s ANGER Garner & Goodson’s LITTLE SPIKE Garner’s COREY ANNE 187/10 Hub’s TRAIN M 51 0:28 S&K 188/10 J5’s TAB JR M 51 0:30 Clarence 189/10 Headache’s CH GORILLA BLACK M 51 0:55 DK 190/10 LOST TO : PEPE M 52 1:12 Gene 40 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Sporting Dog Journal Champion Castillo’s GUNNEY Garrett’s FLOYD R.O.M. Chan’s CH CHECKER Fo Sho Knls’ BLAZER Castillo’s LIL’ REDLE Back Bone Knls’ ROLAND STONE Paycheck’s BLACK REIGN 145/10 Bushwacker & Body Count Knls’ ROWDY RED M ?? 2:45 Shake, Rattle & Roll Knls 146/10 D&D Knls’ NEW JACK M ?? 0:31 Black On Black Knls 147/10 Bustin Loose Knls’ BO M ?? 0:34 Back Street Truez Knls Sporting Dog Journal Champion Proset’s CH MORROCCO Hardcore Knls’ CH MILO Dog Boy’s WILMA Sobinski’s MORROCCA Dirty Steve’s LIL’ BLONDIE Hughes’ TOMMY Dirty Steve’s BLONDIE 150/10 Ukano’s Negro Betty F 34 0:32 Slavi 151/10 Pro Boy’s PAZMANIAN WITCH F 34 1:38 Tronki 152/10 Jordanian’s MS. JIMMY BOOTS F 35 0:40 Tony 181/10 LOST TO : Pitgrip Combine’s CH DEEPTHROAT DOLLY F 34 1:06 Kent Sporting Dog Journal Champion Champ Bound Knls’ HUSTLER Pitstop’s REDLINE Crenshaw’s COALGIRL Pitgrip Combine’s DEEPTHROAT DOLLY Champ Bound Knls’ CH JOKER Champ Bound Knls’ LITTLE CHYNA Champ Bound Knls’ CHYNA 119/10 D & G’s NINA F 33 0:34 Big Petey 180/10 Rodriguez TABBIE GIRL F 34 0:11 Kent 181/10 Shepard’s (Sobinski’s) CH MORRACCA F 34 1:06 Kent 41 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 Sporting Dog Journal Champion Guerrereo & Cheve’s CASCO Guerrero’s JULIO Cheve’s CHINAKA Blackrocks Knls’ CUKO a.k.a. MACHETE Blackrocks Knls’ TATIS Flores’ CHIFLADO Espinosa’s LILU 100/10 STW’s JOHNY RED M 41.8 0:30 Reynosa Bosy Professor 105/10 Lalos’ CH FANTASMA M 41.8 0:56 E Magana 185/10 Hermanos Munoz’ MOSLEY M 42.4 0:24 Gerardo San Luis Sporting Dog Journal Grand Champion GDM’s CH DIESEL Ablizin’s ANDY Ablizin’s MISS LUTHER GDM’s MAGO GDM’s DEBORAH GMK’s CH LENYA Hooten’s MISS PISTOL 168/10 Edik’s DETSA F 45 0:36 Kamkamidze 169/10 Arabidze’s SHERI F 46 0:09 Kamkamidze 170/10 Gulisabedashvili’s JESY F 48.5 0:18 Kamkamidze 171/10 Rati’s BACHO F/M48.5 0:23 Kamkamidze 172/10 Bibileishvili’s LINDA F 48.5 0:42 Kamkamidze Sporting Dog Journal Grand Champion DBR’s IKE E.L.’s CH DD E.L.’s CLEAR SDBR’s VIRUS Mustang’s RHONDA Ablizin’s (Patrick’s)TIGER Patrick’s TRIXI DIXI 174/10 PVM’s KOSHA M 45 0:53 Belmes 175/10 Chuk & Gek Kennels’ LEKHA M 44.5 0:34 Belmes 176/10 Dubrovin’s PETYA M 45 1:01 Belmes 177/10 Kaluga’s MONGOL M 45.8 0:36 Klan 178/10 Julbars’ KOSOY M 45 0:40 Florentin 179/10 Wolchiha’s GR CH SANTIAGO M 45 0:50 Chernov 42 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 MALES JEEP, Crenshaw 19 FRISCO, Garner 14 MAY DAY, Southern Rennets YELLOW, Tant BUCK, S.T.P. 11 WERDO. Long 9 TAB, White 9 BOLT ACTION, Boyles 5 BUBBA, Rebel Knl 5 BUSTER, Loposay 5 14 GATOR, Crenshaw 5 14 HUNTER RED, Kamakazee Knl 5 JESSIE JAMES, L A.Dream Team 5 MAGNUM, R.C. & The Soso Boys 5 RUFUS, Hammonds 5 SMILEY, Mason 5 STOMPER, Fat Bill 5 TONKA BEAR, Otter 5 BLACK JACK, Crenshaw 8 THOR, Bristol 5 BUTKUS, Ratliff 8 TROLL, Castillo 5 DEACON, W.C.C. 8 TURTLE, Rebel Knl 5 ZEBO, D.Adams 5 BOOGER, Giroux 7 BO, Finley 7 ART, Stinson & Glover 4 RENO, J.Lee 7 BADGER, Smith & Walton 4 TOMBSTONE, Patrick 7 BEAN, Rancherita Knl 4 BLACK PAZMANIAN, S.T.P. 4 BANJO, Coy 6 BOLIO, Indian 4 BULL, Abraham 6 CARLO, Giroux 4 BUTCH, Ken Allen 6 CHEROKEE CHIEF, J.Holland 4 HOMER, Mountain Man 6 CHINAMAN, Garner 4 HOMER, Patrick 6 GUNNER, Giroux 4 LITTLE BOOTS, W&P Knl 6 GARIBALDI, Goenaga 4 LITTLE MAN, L.G. 6 HOMER, O.Stevens 4 LUCIFER. Wildside Knl 6 LITTLE GEORGE, Phil 4 NELIS, King Limey 6 LITTLE JOHN, Voyles 4 OTIS, Crenshaw 6 NIGGER, Mayfield 4 PEDRO, Snakeman 6 OILER JR , Cherokee Knl 4 RATTLER, Busenbark 6 RED ED, Larson 4 SACK, McCool 6 RED MAN, Hard Core Knl 4 SUNDANCE, Rebel Knl 6 REUBEN, Smith & Williams 4 TAZ, Rolling Hill Knl 6 SNAKE, Mayfield 4 VIRGIL, O.Stevens 6 SNOOTY, Woods 4 YELLOW JOHN, Chavis 6 TERMITE, Carolina Knl 4 TEX, Mr.K. 4 TWO EYES, Fat Bill 4 357, Super Knl 5 ANDY CAPP, R.Hall 5 BAD BILLY, Smith & Walton 3 BUCK POISON, Dave 5 BULL BOY BOB, Patrick 3 43 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 ELI III, Harris 3 JESSIE JR, McCollum 3 EMILE, Thibodeaux 3 RED DOG, Red B. 3 GATORSON, R.Sorrells 3 RED JERRY, B. Sorrells 3 GONNER, Randy 3 SPANKY, Hargroves 3 IRON SPIKE, Norrod 3 TRUCK, Matlock 3 FEMALES HONEYBUNCH, Crenshaw 7 BUP, Mr.K. 3 COLLEEN, Losco 3 CRAZY TIPPI 3 AWESOME BABY, Stone City Knl 5 DAISY MAE, Ratliff 3 BOOGER, Road Warrior Knl 5 GERALDINE, Bulldog Heaven Knl 3 LIMITED EDITION, Boyles 5 GO GO GIRL, A.W/McCool 3 MISS KIM, L.G. 5 HANNAH, J.Lee 3 JILL, Duprel 3 ANGIE, B.Byrd 4 LUCI, Yankee Boys 3 ASSASSINATOR, W.C.C. 4 LUCY, Ozark Jim 3 CATFISH, L.Lewis 4 MAGGIE, Havana Boys 3 DIRTY MARY, Boyles 4 MEAN JOLENE 3 DOLLY, Hollingsworth 4 MISS CHAMP, Hackman 3 JILL, Wright 4 PEPSI, HardCore Knl 3 LADY UNDERTAKER, Boyles 4 MISS POOL HALL RED, Irish Jerry 3 LITTLE BIT, L.A.Dream Team 4 RED BABY, Patrick 3 LYDA, McCollum 4 RED LADY, Hollingsworth 3 MISS LEAKEY, Undertaker Knl 4 ROXY, Barbwire Knl 3 RAMONA, O.Stevens 4 RED PINKY, Giroux 3 TUG, King Limey 4 SAPELO, Rolling Hill Knl 3 SPIDER, Tomsic 3 AUTUMN, T.K.O. Combine 3 SUNSHINE, City Slick 3 BAD BECKY, Can-Am Boys 3 T-CUP, Voyles 3 BREAKER, Hard Core Knl 3 QUEEN, Loony Toons 3 Jim Rorex, David Koehler & Bobby Smith washing Koehler’s Jake Danny Burton with Gator 44 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 MALES ACE, Super Gnat CHUCO LOCO, Sal ABBOTT, Super Knl COOL BREEZE, R.E.P. ACTION JACKSON, Funky Town Knl COUNTRY, B.Pitts ADOLF SPOOK, Harris Brothers CRAZY TURFMAN, J.Mead AJAX, Big Thicket Knl CROATA, German Oleas ANGUS, Billy Stepp DESTROYER, P.R. Fugitive ANDY CAPP, R.Hall DING DING, Young Gang Knl ART, Stinson & Glover DUKE, Legion of Doom Knl ART, Yankee Boys DYNAMITE, Make it Happen Knl & True Colors AWESOME BEAST, Size Up Knl AWESOME BUCK, Stone City Knl FLASH, Swat Team B.J., 3m & The Hog Brothers FREE BEE, I.B.M. & Blanco Knl BADGER, Bloodliners Knl FRITZ, R.C. & The Soso Boys BADGER, Smith & Walson BANJO, Coy GABE, M.A.D. BARRACUDA, CUban Missing Link GOLDIE, Cull Hard Knl BEAR, Compone BEAR TRAP, Old House Knl HANK, Burton BIG FOOT, Hi-Energy Knl HAUNCH, Big Apple Bulldogs BISON, Jay & Hard Line Knl HELL BEN, Grits BINGO, Sunday HELL CAT, M.M.M. Knl BLACK JACK, Crenshaw HURRICANE HUGO, Greenhorn BO, M.A.D. BO, Denny & Dixie Line Connection I.B.M., Malik BOCEFUS, Gonzalez BOOGER, Jones & Holt JACK, Jackie S. BOOGIE, Original GA Boy JAKE, Cruse BOOKER, Frank & Al JERIMIAH, Plumber Ron BOOMERANG, B.Davis JINX, Cat & Co. BRONSON, Lanier JOKER, Butch House BRONSON, Rastaman JOEY, Roadblock Knl BUCK, S.T.P. JOHN, Arab Breeders Knl BUDDY, Scratchliner Knl JOHN BOY, S.T.P. BUDDY, Stubblefield JUBBLE, Wright BULL, Jose BUSTER, Scratch & Stitch Knl KING ARTHUR, Captain America BUSTER BROWN, Strictly Business Knl KRUEGER, F.Bowling & J.C. CARLO, Giroux LEFTY, Bunce CHEROKEE CHIEF, J.Holland LION HEAD, Shankbone CHIEF, Magic Line Pits LITTLE JACK, Fergy 45 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 LITTLE JAP, TN Dog Pound SIR DOO, B. Crews LITTLE ROY, Haney SMILEY, M.W. & LR. LOCO, S&K Knl SNAKE, Brabham LUKANE, S.T.P. SHAKE JR., Bryan LUCKY STRIKE, Steve & Co. SOLUTION, Head Hunter Knl MACHO BUCK, Evolution Knl SPANKY, Greasy Corner Kid & Cotey MAGO, GDM SPANKY, Rising Star Knl MAY DAY, Southern Knl SPIKEY, Beach Boy Billy MIDNIGHT, Jessie Rods SPORT, Booney MONGOOSE, Santa STAN THE MAN, Havana Boys & Roadblock Knl NAILOR, P&P Knl STREET SWEEPER, D & Triple J Knl NATE, Trodbuster SUNNY BOY, City Slick Knl SWEET P, AZ Combine ONYX, Miranda & Costa OUTRAGE, True Colors TANK, Tom Cat PEDRO, Snakeman THIRTY-FIVE, Rushin’ Knl TITO, Black Metal Fighter RAMBO, Laync TRIGGER MAN, Soulman RED EAGLE, Baby Huey TROUBLESOME, Chappy Pit Farms RETARD, Scooter, Hoes & Kingsley RODNEY, Havana Boys VENGEANCE, Killer Combine ROMER,Menace Knl VIRGIL, D.O.A. ROSCOE, Cal W. VIRGIL, O.Stevens ROWDY, Coley VIRUS, SDBR SAM JR., Blackrocks Knl WEEHUNT, Irish Jeny SAMSON, Rebel Knl SAMSON, S.T.P. YELLOW, Tant SATAN, B.L.B. YELLOW BUCK, Stone City Knl SCOOPY, Allen & Underground Knl SHEP, Sonny ZEBO, D.Adams SINFUL SAILOR, P. Johnson ZEUS, S.S. Knl Uselton’S Sparticus - Uselton’s Gramps (Tudor’s Rex) x Uselton’s Texas Star Uselton’S Texas Star - Burton’s Smith x Uselton’s (Tudor’s) Flo 46 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 FEMALES MS PANTHER, Diamond Dan ABBY, Russ ACES JACKIE, I.B.M. & Blanco Knl NINE MILLI, Hard Core Knl B.B.RED, Coy BULLYSON, La Familia Knl OZO AZUL, Gonzalez CANDY, J. Hand PEPPER, Sans Peur Knl CANDY, S.T.P. CANNIBAL CANDY, Millbuster Knl QUEEN OF HEARTS, Abraham DAISY MAE, Boston Blackie ROSE RED, Ultimate Warrior Knl DAISY MAE, Trail Driver DOUBLE TROUBLE, Produce SABLE, Suburbanite Paul DUTCHESS, Ramrod Knl SANDY, Soulman SCHOTZIE, Kamakazee Knl SHADY LADY, Rebel Knl GRIP, High Tech Knl SHOTZIE, Slingshot Knl & Hoosier Connection SLICK HEAD, H&R Knl HOPE, Lou Lewis SPOOKIE, Rebel Knl LUPITA, Mr. C. & Sopa Knl TINA, Dead Serious Knl MANNY, Yankee Boys TOMMY BOY, Cambo Knl MISS RAGE, J.Johnson TROUBLE, J. Allen TORNADO, Ken Allen - DOUBLE GRAND CHAMPION 47 SPORTING DOG JOURNAL DECEMBER 2010 It is hard for me to imagine the kind of person who could do what Mr Guffey did with the Parkers and Ed Faron. Inserting yourself into a family, being the benefactor of their ongoing hospitality and then sacrificing them for monetary gain requires a mindset that I can’t fathom. This guy is pure sociopath. He serves no one but himself, with zero regard for the pain he inflicts. To perform his job he must be devoid of feelings and caring for people and animals. Contrary to the propaganda promoted by the Animal Rights groups, I believe most people who own our great dogs are good, law abiding Americans, with a moral code and a love of family and country. Guffey has been instrumental in causing the deaths of hundreds of dogs and destroying dozens of lives of dog owners. He deserves justice. Justice, for him, was being recognized by Mr Faron and losing his high paying job. He thought he was above ever being made in his job. He was wrong. Now he might actually have to work for a living. Anyone who is fantasizing about retribution against Mr Guffey to avenge the harm he has done should get this nonsense Thomas Guffy who is known in the dog world as JAKE Guffy is the snitch who is soley responsible for the raid at WSK’S. Jake resides in VA where he works for The Human Society making a yearly salary of 50,000.00. Plus he gets an additional 10,000.00 per bust and conviction of dogmen. Jake is approximately in his mid 30’s. Jake reports directly to John Goodwin. Jake has two residences in VA. One is a dog yard and trailer that he uses to fool fellow dogmen. The other residence is his true home. A luxury home with a beautiful inground pool. This is where he is Thomas Guffy the family man. Jake is responsible and involved in every raid ranging from Floyd, The Patricks, to Bailey. Jake is approximately 6’ 2” and is in very fit shape. He is known to ROLL dogs and attend shows. This man is/was the most dangerous and covert snitch to date. Guffy was identified by WSK himself from a photograph. WSK stated that Guffy indeed was the snitch who was accompied by an undercover Sheriff wearing a wire. 48 out of their mind. This is the absolute worst thing that could happen. If any harm should come to Mr. Jake Guffey, it would only serve to affirm the AR claims that pit bull owners are a bunch of criminals. Now, as always, our directive is to be good, law-abiding citizens, take top care of our animals and let Karma take care of the Jake Guffeys of the world. Take satisfaction that many witch hunts against innocent people may well be terminated because Jake has being identified. Let him now go find a job flipping burgers for a living. We need to always take the high moral road in our dealing with people like him. Expose him for what he is but then leave it alone. T.G. 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