Horseback Field Trials: Re: Well, I'm off!

Ray I'm sorry you don't have the big areas to show a really big running dog.This is why I wonder you having Redemption Reward in your breeding program. Reward was about as prairie AA and deep south as they come.I'll bet he put some big time jump in your program.T Jack Robinson was an AA man to the core.Good luck with your dogs and life in general.
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: Don -
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: We have had this discussion before.
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: I do not do prairie or even deep south All
: Age. I respect those that do, but it is not
: something I will ever get involved in. I
: simply do not have the places available to
: me that would allow an all age dog to do
: what it does best. I never will, and that is
: that. So, to focus on all age breeding
: would be a mistake...for me.
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: For the things I do with a bird dog, heavy
: Miller breeding just does not seem to work
: out all that well, so it is actually
: something I avoid.
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: For me, Miller breeding is like A Rambling
: Rebel breeding is to some all age folks.
: You know..."A little is a good thing,
: but a lot may get you into trouble".
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: Hope you find what you are looking for.
: With a bit of luck, we may both find what we
: are each looking for. We shall see how this
: season goes.
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: RayG
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: Ray I also had Reward dogs.I went to Ames
: plantation to see Redemptions Reward run and
: bred an extra nice female to him.Tommy Davis
: was handling him at that time.He was a
: really small but power built dog. About 35
: lbs would be a fair guess.TJack wanted a pup
: out of the litter and flew into Ks and
: picked.He later on leased about 40 thousand
: acres to run dogs on which I was friends
: with the owner.
: The dogs I kept were nice dogs strong fast
: endurance good nose style and good stuff.But
: just not exceptional.These dogs had extra
: work and care on total wild birds only.I did
: not care to use them as stud dogs.
: I was looking for the best and gave up and
: started looking at Miller dogs.After several
: DNA failures on bought pups, I lucked
: out.Millers On Line bred to a well bred
: Millers White Powder b###h prover DNA
: correct.The breeding was right and the pups
: I bought turned out as good as they were
: bred to be.I would love to find a true line
: bred up close Miller bred b###h.
: Don -
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: Rocky's sire is Ch. Erin's War Creek. His
: dam is by Ch. Erin's Braveheart out of a
: dam that was sired by Ch. Elhew Fibber McGee
: out of Caladen's Rock the Rail, who was a
: Blackhawk/Guard Rail bred female.
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: I saw War Creek compete and he impressed the
: heck out of me. a powerful dog that ran to
: the limits...AND handled.
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: In recent searches and inquiries, I had had
: no luck finding prospects out of
: Redemptions' Reward/Evolution breeding so I
: went after War Creek breeding which goes
: back, on the dam's side to old line Gunsmoke
: breeding, which I do like.
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: Not full on all age breeding for sure, and
: not exactly classic shooting dog breeding
: either, but I thought there was plenty of
: mustard in there for what I had in mind.
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: RayG
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: Hey, Ray sounds like you might be on the
: right
: track.How is that young dog bred?
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: Harry -
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: Thanks for taking the time to look. I do
: appreciate it and value your opinion.
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: The Tracys do tend to keep those derbies
: close when they are training. With the
: breeding on many of their dogs, that is
: probably a very good thing.
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: How are your youngsters doing? I hope they
: all will be competitive this year.
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: As far as Rocky goes...I think I'll keep
: him.
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: But I do owe you one. You let me have pick
: of your Lobbyist/Opequon Creek litter about
: 5 years ago and she was very close to being
: SD derby of the year. I don't forget.
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: RayG
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: hey harry -
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: If you get a chance, take a look at my
: derby(Rocky) when you are up at Jeanette's
: place. I would be interested in what you
: think of him.
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: Ray, I think you've got a good one there.
: Lots of class, broke on multiple finds.
: He's running a little short for my taste but
: so are my derbies. Tracys shorten them up
: this time of year, they'll be letting them
: go soon when they're satisfied with them
: around birds. Derbies especially run short
: as they're breaking them and need the
: control. Other than that - if you want to
: sell him....
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