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GENETIC’S CH ANTHEA

GENETIC’S CH ANTHEA Anthea was bred by Genetic Kennels out of Komany Kennels’ Gr Ch Nabuco and the one time winner Genetic’s Saint Annie. Now, before we move on I’d like to share a few words about Gr Ch Nabuco, he sure deserves it! Nabuco was bred by Radek as well, and was sired by Mladen Krkeljic’s legendary Champion Giroux dog, a four time winner that went a draw and later lost his last game against Gr...

ZINETTI’S CH MEGA

ZINETTI’S CH MEGA MEGA was born in the yard of Captain in Serbia on 10 July 2000. Her sire was Captain’s KOCHIZ and her dam was Captain’s MEGA, that was 50% of Captain’s CH. THOR R.O.M. breeding and 50% of Red Boy/Jeep blood through some of the best dogs we have had here. She was a very ugly puppy, she didn’t look as a bulldog should look. After a while...

GEORGE’S TRIPLE OTT RED

GEORGE’S TRIPLE OTT RED After being away from the dogs for many years, and subsequently talking to a few dog men, I real­ized that there are a lot of guys that are not too familiar with a number of the older Red Boy dogs from the 1980’s. Well back in the early 1980’s I owned a triple inbred daughter of George’s “Triple Ott Red” the litter brother to Ch. Yellow...

WILLIAM’S CH PALADIN

WILLIAM’S CH PALADIN The late Barney Fife and his brother, Matt, went traveling through North Carolina to visit Mrs. Loposay and then go to the Fork Farm, to see Mr. Grady Cummings. Upon arrival to Mrs. Loposay’s, they were able to see the great producer Buster, who made an attempt to bite both of them. From there they drove to Red Springs, to the home of G. Cummings, who had...

MEGABYTE’S CH RAUL

MEGABYTE’S CH RAUL The Southerner once told me, “I will never own one like him ever again”. That was soon after he lost CH. Diamond Dan. It was not until the very same thing happened to me that I fully understood the extend of his words. CH. Raul 4xw lost his life doing what he did best on Sunday night, 5 September 2004. Let me reflect on the life of an...

GR CH BUCK 7XW ROM

GR CH BUCK As a pup Buck was sold by Pat Patrick to a physician. He proved to be an unsatisfactory pet and was sold to the late Alan Waldman who matched and won two with Buck in the low 50’s. One over Aldo’s Zeke, who later became a Champion, and the other over Winchester’s Conan. STP purchased Buck from Alan Waldman when Buck just turned 2 years old and...

T-BONE’S CLUB T-BONE

T-BONE’S CLUB T-BONE This article is about one of the best producers of South America, I’m writing this little story for the Sporting Dog Journal so that subscribers may know more about dogs from Brazil. In my opinion T-Bone and Macaco ROM were the two best producers in South America, both producing Champions and Grand Champions during their stud careers. Moreover, both dogs were not only great producers, but they...

Andre Giroux

Andre Giroux Andre Giroux was a French Canadian who showed Americans that we did not have the monopoly on game bred American Bull Terriers. He is kown as, and definitly was, a top handler, conditioner, and match maker. I feel that his greatest talent was the ability to know which dogs to use for breeding and how to most effectively cross them. He was similar to one of his peers, Maurice...