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The Sporting Dog Journal is a publication, published solely
for the entertainment value to the reader. Every piece of literature featured in this magazine is a work of fiction. Names,

know I promised a step-by-step


tutorial on how to start a BBQ
fire last month, but to be honest
and humble, Im kind of handy when
it comes to BBQ. Right now Im planning to build my own BBQ smoker...
Ok, Ill have to confess that Im
tired as a dog right now because I
stayed up late last night. A long time
friend visited this weekend and we
were arguing back and forth all night
about nothing. I blame it on the fact
that we both were kind of tipsy and
well...you know. Anyway, I know that
I should write something deep and
meaningful but nothing comes to my
mind right now. Of course, as usual,
I left everything until the last minute
and now Ill have to come up with
something but Im not sure you are
interested enough in the ramblings
of my distressed mind. If not, please
feel free to stop reading and turn a
page or two.
Some people think Im trying to
to fool the readers by reprinting a
few old articles here and there. Well,
nothing could be further from the

truth. I really feel that there are too


many great articles and information
burried in the mists of time not to
share them with the newer generation. Yall have to realize that many
readers dont have access to those
old bulldog magazines and since Mr.
Kelly gave me the permission to reprint anything he ever published, Ill
live with the opportunity...
A couple of days ago, my brother came for a visit. As we looked
through old photos and reminisced
in old stories and the several trips we
took to buy a dog we came across
a bizarre photo which depicts one
of our bulldogs...and a guy hanging
from a tree. We looked at one another and burst into laughter. Finally,
my brother asked me What the hell
is happening there? What is he doing on that tree?. Damn, I wish Id
remember...
Yours Truly
L.C.

characters, places and incidents either are the product of the


authors imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons or events is entirely coincidental.
Images are for illustration purposes only. The Sporting Dog
Journal does not in any way encourage, promote, or sanction
and illegal activities. You should keep away from dogfighting
in any form, and the reason I think so is based on one very
important consideration: dogfighting is illegal. To make sure
that you never get arrested at a dogfight is never to go to a
dogfight where dogfighting is illegal. Use any legal means
you want to educate the public and change the laws, but
steer clear of breaking them. Nothing within this publication may be reprinted, either whole or in part, without the
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Remembering Ken Allen of the A-Team


November 25, 1941 - January 22, 1994

Kenneth L. Allen was born on the 25th November,


1941 and was one of the most-liked dogman of
his time throughout the country. He was also the
owner of Rogers Utility Co. Ken was a serious competitor but a jovial person and was more than willing to compete against anyone in the dog game.
Money was not an issue. He would as easily go for
five dollars as he would for 5000, or more, and he
was as happy when he lost as when he won.
L.C.

above:
the late ken allen with
his pride and joy, the
great double grand
champion tornado

right:
dalys ch bama on the
cover of the times

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en was a friend to everyone he


came in contact with and actually
helped many many guys with bills,
dog food & vet bills etc. Its a fact that he paid
Bobby Smith of Oklahoma $10,000 to stop
smoking! Bobby had emphysema. Heavy
smokers often end up with emphysema. The
lungs harden sort of, there is a decrease in
the respiratory functions of the lungs. Its an
ugly illness for sure. Anyway, Bobby was having trouble breathing at a show and Ken told
him Bobby, I love you like a brother and I want
you to live a long time. So, if youll stop smoking Ill give you $10,000. Bobby took the money and actually quit smoking! Well, Im a chain
smoker myself but honestly Id give a thought
or two about quitting if somebody would offer me 10 grand, how about you?

Ken Allen was associated with a number


of great dogs, too many to even try to cover
in one article so Im going to name the ones
on the top of my head. Lets start with Ken Allens BUTCH ROM and some of his best known
offsprings and other great dogs...
BUTCH was sired by Barefields CH SALOON and out of Devines BLACK LIL. SALOON
was a red four time winner at the weight of 47
lbs out of Danielss CH TOMMY and Devines
MISTY BLUE, basically an Eli/Corvino cross.
He was originally owned by T.Wolfe and later
sold to Barefield. Ive never had the pleasure
of owning a SALOON bred dog but most dogmen agree that the best breeding with the
SALOON stuff was when it was crossed with
ZEBO blood. Some dogmen also agree that
you cant inbreed SALOON dogs too tight because they can become quite aggressive. If I
recall correctly, CH SALOON was sold to Ireland but Im not sure.
BUTCH was a beautiful and powerful dog
exhibiting all the qualities of a great bulldog.
His attitude around people was that he never

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meets a stranger.He was a pit artist in his own


righ, a winner of 3 contact matches and picked
up game his 4th time out with bad teeth and
a lot of age on him. People who saw him in
his young days say he was one of the most
impressive.However, the best thing going for
BUTCH was not his own ability and conformation but his ability to reproduce the qualities of a great pit dog in his offspring. BUTCH
sired four registered champions and the highest ranking Grand Champion of all times. He
produced pit winners from every bitch he has
been bred to. Some of them are as follows:
Roadblocks CH TATER is out of BUTCH and
Ismereles KIZZY. She was a brindle four time
winner that numbers three two time winners
among her victims. A good example of a cross
between the SALOON and ZEBO bloodlines.
TATER won over Bea Crest Kennels WILMA in
28, Lotts SOAP in 24, Molds BLACK LADY in 56
and Jersey Boys & Scoates HANNA in 48.
Hollands CH JETHRO was a big 58 lbs. dog
bred by Ken Allen out of BUTCH and Allens
MUDHOLE. JETHRO won over B. Collins PETEY
in 47 and Buffalo Soldiers SPADE JR. over 48
with Ken and The A-Team and his championship match with Bobby Holland where he won
over the Kentucky Head Hunters ACE in 25.
Tattoos CH TAMORE a brindle and white
37-38,5 lbs. dog out of BUTCH and Captains
DUTCHESS, bred by Ben David a.k.a. the Captain from the Canada. There were 4 brothers
in the litter, and among them they won 17 or
18 matches. Captain won his first over Bobs
MUTT in 29 before turning him over to Dan
Tattoo Powell for his next three. TAMORE
lost his fourth time out to Andy Bs LITTLE
JOE in 1:54.
Lets not forget about Dalys CH BAMA
either, who was reputed to be a triple crown
champion (show, pull and pit.) He was out of
BUTCH and Stevensons EGYPT.
Ken Allens GR CH TORNADO is the only
double Grand Champion that ever lived. She
was supposedly bred by Hopkins and out of
BUTCH and Hopkins STRIPPER. She won ten
times over some of the very best competition
the game has to offer. From November 1985,

when she won over S.T.P. and MISS PIGGY in 34


minutes at 43 lbs. until January 1991 when she
whipped Francois BLACK GIRL in two hours 34
minutes at 42 lbs., she won everything that
was put in front of her. And what was put in
front of her was the very best females in the
country between the weight of 41 and 43
lbs. On top of that that she time out between
matches to whelp several litters of pups. Arguably the best match dog, male or female
that ever lived. There is no doubt she was the

above:
allens butch rom, a
great producer in his
own right

below:
yankee greg and ken
posing with tornado

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above:
gr and champion
robert t, lost his l ast
time out to Legion of
Dooms DUKE

right:
Ken and TORNADO
chillin the day before
her 7th or 8th

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pride and joy of the late Ken Allen. Now, just to


add some spice to the story and make it more
interesting let me tell you theres a rumor going around that a guy from Michigan swears
that he bred TORNADO and she isnt sired by
BUTCH! The man says he owned both of her
parents and she was down from good dogs
but not definitely not BUTCH. He named her
THE TOLEDO TORNADO after a girls football
team in Ohio that he liked and he registered
the dog with the UKC that way! He even had
the papers! It may be true?
Ken Allens BANDIT a.k.a. MISS BANDIT
was thought by many respected dogmen to
be one of the best 36 lb. bitches. She was a
two timer and litter mate of TORNADO. BANDIT won her second in a fast and furious finish
over a bitch of Chicago Nates. Her third was
into Reds CH BIDDY and she stopped BANDIT in 1 hour. The following is an account of
BANDITs third taken from an old issue of the

American Pit Bull Terrier Times written by the


late Ken Allen himself regarding his opposition: Much is to be said for a young man that
will travel from Europe to the U.S. to take on
what he believes to be one of the best 36#
females around while all the time being told
there is no way he can win. But for Peter from
Holland having faith in himself, and his faith
in himself and his dog paid off. In less than 1
hour he brought to himself, his dog, and his
country a great victory. Defeating the much
acclaimed Miss Bandit (a full belly sister to
Grand Champion and 6 time winner Tornado).
This was the typical boxer slugger match with
Bandit pushing and driving, and Biddy holding her out and punishing her about the head.
It appeared that Bandit was doing the job for
the first 20 min., but as the time went on it
was apparent she wasnt doing the damage
she was expected to do and after about 30
min. Biddy was able to control the fight. At 50
min. Bandit completes her scratch but doesnt
make courtesy making Biddy the winner and
also a Champion.
Bishops CH TEX, was a killer four time winner, also a belly brother of TORNADO that lost
his fifth to Rebel Kennels & Yankee Charlies
PIEMAN in 33.
GR CH ROBERT T was bred by Ken Allen
out of Carvers BOB TAIL and Merritts ETHYL.
He was one of the premium head dogs of
modern times, a six time winner, two of those
against Champions: Triple Bs CH MIGRAINE

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and Watsons CH GOMEZ. ROBERT T lost his last


time out in 43 to another Grand Champion,
Legion of Dooms DUKE. DUKE was a scatterbred dog proving once again that good dogs
come from all different kinds of breeding.
To be honest, I dont know much about
GR CH ZINCER (or ZINK) but reportedly, he
won seven times in devastating style before
he lost to Rebel Kennels GR CH SAMPSON in
55 when he was picked up game. ZINCER was
basically a YELLOW JOHN/JOCKO cross out of
Tants ROHO and Chavis JOLEENE. Dont forget
that SAMPSON was one of the most highly regarded dog of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
After an outstanding career in the USA, he was
sold to Yugoslavia. Several people in Yugoslavia have reported that SAMPSON bad become
a victim of the civil war and had been shot to
death. Others claim that was just a story to
cover up the fact that SAMPSON was stolen.
Well never know...
Last but not least, lets not forget the
TUG BOAT WILLIE dog. He was bred from a
Sorrells bloodline out of the two time winner, RED NECk and LITTLE BIG HEAD. WILLIE
was matched only once. He won in 5:33!
Enough said...
Ken always told that he wanted to die
handling a good pit dog and guess what? He
passed away at the age of 52 years on the 22th
January 1994 in the pit, handling a gyp out of
Tornado! At the time of his death, Ken resided
in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He left behind

his wife Glenna, two daughters, Lori and Lisa,


two sons, Jeff and Kenneth Jr, his mother, two
sisters, a brother and six grandchildren. I bet
he is missed by many but Im sure he is laughing down on us now. May he rest in peace! q

bot tom right:


hopkins stripper

bot tom lef t:


allens gr ch zincer

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sporting dog journal march-april 1994. It c ame out a fe w months af ter kenny died

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KENNY ALLEN

I had heard of Kenny over the years and he had


come here a couple of times to visit and picked
up a bitch called Yoyo from me one of those
times. He was considered one of the top players
on the East Coast and said to have fed a yard of
five hundred dogs at one time. He had bought a
magazine called American Game Dog Times and
planned to have it on every coffee table in America. Kenny had a huge ego and everything he did
he expected to be the best.
gary j. hammonds

above:
a legendary duo: kenny
allen and his ten time
winner, tornado

friend of mine called Johnny Gs


mother who was in the printing
business and she agreed to do the
magazine for Kenny, She had cleaned up
a few articles for me and done some of the
printing for the Tug of War Association I was
consulting for around this time. She is gone
now, but was a great lady and had a life story
like an unbelievable novel. She had an article
I had been working on for the American Dog
Breeders Gazette, for about a year, about my
nephew, Troy Dorsey. At that time Troy was
con sidered one of the toughest martial artists, pound for pound in it the world and was
a World Champion Kick Boxer. He had also

gone into boxing and was making a name for


himself there. This article had finally been fine
tuned, trimmed down and she had it ready to
go for me. Kenny had been down at her shop
with his entourage and had read the article.
I got a call that evening, inviting me down
to visit with the boys. When I walked in, I just
about fell over. The little shop was filled with
dog men from here and there and every one
was having a good time, laughing and telling
tall tales. After I had shook everyones hand
and the small talk was out of the way, Kenny
got down to business. He said he guessed I
had heard he was taking over the magazine
and expected it to be the best there was in no
longer than an issue or two. I said I expected
it would be and could tell by the look on everyones faces that Kenny had something up
his sleeve. Kenny would get wound up just
talking and get so red faced laughing and
going on, you would swear he was going to
have a stroke. He said, Hell son, Im not going
to beat around the bush. I read your article on
Troy Dorsey and want it in my first issue. I told
him I was certainly flattered and would help
him if I could, but had promised that article
to the ADBA. Kenny said he respected my integrity, but by God he wanted that article and
was prepared to pay for it. I said, Kenny I have
made this commitment and I plan to keep it.
He had some choice words from me and said,
Ill give you a thousand for that article right
now, and got out the fattest billfold I had
seen in a while. I told him I appreciated the
offer, but I had to keep my word on this one.
This really got him cooking and he says, Look
here, Im going to put you on the payroll and
I want you to write exclusively for my magazine. I said, Kenny you are a hard man to deal
with, but I cant do that. Now to set the stage
for what was going on with my family and me
about then. It was tough times and we were
just scraping by. Im not poor mouthing, just
telling it like it was, so these offers certainly
were tempting for me. Kenny was not being
easily deterred and says, Ok, Gary, Ill give you
twelve hundred dollars for that article. Im
sweating now, I look over and see Johnny G

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Thats not right and I had to respectfully turn


Kenny down. He laughed real big and if he
had a white beard would have reminded me
of Santa Clause. He said, Why hell, I have finally met a man who doesnt have a price and its
my pleasure, as he shook my hand. I thought
if I had a price he was getting pretty close to it.
I never saw Kenny again but I heard lots
of stories about him winning big and losing
big and about a famous dog he had called
Tornado. I saw a tape or two of her and even
though she was gentle as a lamb around people, she certainly lived up to her name. I heard
Kenny had died and before I heard how, I said
to myself that either a stroke or heart attack
had killed him. Sure enough he had died in
the pit, handling one of those special dogs he
thought so much of. I had a good friend of
mine say that is one of the saddest things I
ever heard of. I said, You know as well as I do
that we are all here on a temporary basis and
ole Kenny had led a full life, overfilled with adventure. If he had his choice, Id bet that is the
way he would have wanted to go out. God
Bless him. q
above:
p.d.i. kennel s ad from
the l ate 80s

right:
kens l ast resting
pl ace. notice the inscription on his he adstone: I did it my way
son, how about you?

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saying, Sell it, sell it, with his mouth and no


words coming out. I was certainly tempted
and the good Lord knew I needed the money,
but I turned it down again. I looked over and
Nanny looked like he had swallowed a frog
and I could tell he thought I was probably the
dumbest dog man he had ever seen. Kenny
was really enjoying this and having more fun
than the law should allow. To break the tension I said, Ive got an article On Work that
I am pretty proud of and it wont cost you a
dime. Damn boy, Kenny said in that gravelly
voice, I dont guess you understand what I
am saying and that is that I want that Dorsey
article and am prepared to pay you for it. We
all sit there in silence while Kenny catches his
breath and I wipe the sweat off my face. Ok,
heres my final offer and its fifteen hundred
dollars. He starts counting through a wad of
hundreds that would choke a horse and Johnny G. leans over and whispers to me, Write
another article for the ADBA. I say to Johnny,

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Jack Kelly
P.O. Box 476
Jefferson, GA 30549

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Protein Needs

OF THE PERFORMANCE DOG

should not be forced to rely on protein as the


sole energy source because of its important
role in normal bodily functions and structure.
Some human athletes use 5 to 15 percent
protein ingested for energy during training
and competitions. Although parallel research
has not been done on performance dogs,
dogs may use close to the same amount during an intensive workout.

What is Protein?

When talking nutrition, most performance dog


owners think first about protein. Protein is extremely important but not for energy production. Protein
is more critical for building and repairing muscle
and other organ tissue, and supplying amino acids
for chemical and hormone body functions.
What Does Protein Do?
Protein is found in every cell of your dogs
body. It forms the major structural backbone
of muscle, hair, skin, nails, ligaments, cartilage,
and all the organs in the chest and abdomen.
All body tissues are undergoing constant
growth and remodeling, or if the dog is injured, repair. Without new protein provided
each day, neither growth or repair can easily occur. Protein is also important for normal
blood functions. Red blood cells contain a
protein called hemoglobin which carries oxygen to all of tissues and muscles of a working
dog. Antibodies, which help fight infection,
are also made of protein molecules. Protein
is the major component of most hormones
including reproductive hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, and hormones that
regulate blood glucose levels such as insulin
and glucagon. So protein is extremely important for working dogs it moves oxygen and
energy to muscles, regulates glucose levels,
fights off infections, and helps repair old and
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Protein is made up of little building blocks


called amino acids that are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. There
are 22 different amino acids that can be arranged in various ways (like boxcars making up a train), to make a particular protein.
Different proteins have different amino acid
compositions with different types of bonds
(single, double, triple, etc.) holding them together. When dogs eat, their digestive tract
breaks protein into individual amino acids or
groups of amino acids called peptides. Amino
acids then are absorbed in the intestines and
by the blood where they become available to
make up other types of proteins for specific
functions. When we talk about the daily protein requirement for a performance dog, we
actually mean their amino acid requirement
since they are the most important. Because
protein and amino acids cannot be stored like
fat, dogs should eat protein on a daily basis
to provide the building blocks for body functions and repairing injured tissue. If they dont
eat protein on a daily basis they may break
down muscle or tissues to provide the amino
acids they need. Certain amino acids can be
synthesized in the body. However, dogs can
only synthesize 12 of the 22 different amino
acids. The 12 amino acids they can synthesize
are called non-essential amino acids. Thus if
your dog hasnt eaten a meal with protein recently, he can make some of the non-essential
amino acids by breaking down other tissue or
organ components. However, that takes extra
energy and steals protein from other tissues
which isnt always ideal. The other 10 amino
acids are called essential amino acids, and

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your dog can not synthesize them.


Ideally, all 10 essential amino acids
must be eaten daily to prevent a protein deficiency.

Nitrogen Balance
Dogs have a daily requirement for
certain amino acids and nitrogen,
and both are supplied by daily ingestion of protein. A measurement of
nitrogen intake and excretion by the
body provides a rough estimate of
the bodys overall protein status, and
this is called the nitrogen balance.
Nitrogen balance=nitrogen intake nitrogen excreted through urine &
feces
A zero nitrogen balance exists
when the intake of protein (nitrogen)
equals the amount lost through feces
and urine. However, some situations
exist where a dog is in a positive or
negative nitrogen balance. Dogs
with a positive nitrogen balance are
eating more protein (nitrogen) than
they are excreting: nitrogen intake >
nitrogen excretion. Positive nitrogen
balances occur, for example, in growing puppies and pregnant bitches
when these dogs are fed well. Dogs
with a negative nitrogen balance are
excreting more protein than they are
ingesting: nitrogen intake < nitrogen excretion. No dog should have
a negative nitrogen balance because
the body is forced to use its own organ tissues to provide amino acids for
routine body functions and growth of
new tissues. Dogs that have a negative nitrogen balance are those who
are underfed, are fed poor quality protein diets, have severe illness or injury
(may not be eating or not enough
to meet their protein requirements),
and have renal failure or intestinal
problems. Performance dogs should
never have a negative nitrogen balance. High quality proteins that are

highly digestible (such as high quality


animal protein) provide an adequate
complement of amino acids in adequate amounts, and this is extremely
critical in keeping a performance dog
in top condition.

Not All Protein


is Created Equal
Every protein molecule is made up of
different essential and non-essential
amino acids. Therefore different proteins can vary tremendously in how
valuable they are to your dog. Protein that contains abundant essential amino acids are of higher quality
than proteins with lesser amounts
of essential amino acids. In general,
protein from animal sources (chicken,
beef, fish, lamb, or venison) is considered to be higher quality because it
provides a more complete complement of essential and non-essential
amino acids. Diets with protein primarily coming from plant sources
such as corn, wheat, or soy do not
provide as many different amino
acids and may lack some essential
amino acids. So if a dog foods ingredient label lists more plant ingredients than animal ingredients, it may
be that it has more protein coming
from plant than animal sources. Also,
if the ingredient panel lists individual
amino acids like lysine, tryptophan,
or methionine (just a few examples),
it may mean the company is having

to add extra essential amino acids


because the protein quality is not as
good. Now dont forget about digestibility a protein has to be digestible
and easily broken down into individual amino acids and peptides. If
protein is poorly digestible, it means
it cant be broken down by the intestinal tract which in turn means fewer
amino acids absorbed by the intestines. Lets look at some examples of
different types of protein. Feathers
and beaks of chickens are made up
of protein that has a wide complement of essential and non-essential
amino acids, but the dogs digestive system cant break them down
into the amino acid building blocks,
so they are of little value to the dog.
The same is true of shoe leather. Shoe
leather (from cow hides) contains a
wide variety of amino acids, but it is
hard for your dogs digestive system
to extract them. So your dog can eat
all the shoe leather he wants, but he
will still be protein deficient. Chicken
by-product meal, a common ingredient found in many commercial dog
foods, can range from being an excellent to a poor protein source. Chicken
by-product meal may contain large
amounts of highly digestible proteins
from hearts, livers, and kidneys or it
may contain poorly digestible proteins from feathers, beaks, feet, and
heads. Because pet food regulatory
agencies do not allow pet food man-

What are good protein sources


for working dogs?
Because of the physical and mental demands on working dogs, their food
should contain protein with a complete compliment of amino acids and be
highly digestible. Look for ingredients such as egg, muscle tissue, and internal
organs generally these protein sources are higher quality and have a higher
digestibility.

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High protein diets will hurt my dogs kidneys?


Is that true?
There is an on-going controversy in the veterinary field about this topic and it
has been going on for years. First, if your dogs kidneys are normal and healthy,
then high levels of protein will not damage them. After all, dogs are carnivores
that normally consume large amounts of meat. Where the controversy arises
is when dealing with dogs with diseased, unhealthy kidneys. Since the kidney
excretes protein (nitrogen) normally on a daily basis, it was hypothesized that
dogs with kidney failure should have lower protein diets to decrease the load
and potential damage to their compromised kidneys. However, research done
in the 1990s demonstrated that diets too low in protein were actually more
damaging to the overall health of dogs (many created a negative nitrogen balance). Instead, moderate levels of protein have been determined to be better
for dogs with kidney disease, so that the protein requirements for daily body
functions are met.
ufacturers state the protein digestibility of their food, it makes it impossible to know the quality of chicken
by-product meal in a food.

Determining the Quality


and Digestibility of Protein
How can you determine the quality
and digestibility of the protein in your
dogs food? One way is to see how
well your dog does on the food. Does
he have a shiny and abundant coat,
lots of stamina when training and
competing, and appear healthy overall? This assessment can take many
months since it can take months before a nutritional deficiency reveals
itself in your dogs coat, stamina or
general health. The second way to
find out about digestibility is to call
the pet food manufacturer and ask
what the results of their digestibility
tests were. The companies that do
these tests usually are willing to share
their information. There are two ways
pet food companies measure protein
quality by an analytical (laboratory)
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three different analytical tests that


can be performed: the Chemical
Score, the Essential Amino Acid Index
(EAAI), and the Total Essential Amino
Acid Content (E/T). All of these determine the quality of protein based
on the types and levels of amino
acids present. However, these tests
dont provide any information about
the digestibility of the product. Shoe
leather or chicken feathers could
score fairly well using the analytical
method because they are only evaluating the types of amino acids, not
whether your dog can actually digest
and absorb them. Using the analytical
method is easier and cheaper for pet
food companies, but they usually are
not as informative when it comes to
feeding a real dog.
Doing feeding trials is a much
more effective way to prove quality
and digestibility of a dog food. There
are three different methods that can
be done using feeding trials: the Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER), the Biological Value (BV), and the Net Protein
Utilization (NPU). Each of these three
assays is performed differently each

with its own advantages and disadvantages. But here is the take home
message:

Always call the pet food manufacturer to determine which


method they use to determine protein quality and digestibility. If they
use feeding trials, it will give you a
better idea of the protein quality than
if they use an analytical method.

Only compare different foods to


each other based on the same
method whether it be analytical
or by feeding trial. If two companies
use feeding trials but one uses the
Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) method
and another uses the Biological Value
(BV) method, you really cant compare these two as accurately as if they
were both using the PER method.

When feeding a homemade


diet/raw meat diet not manufactured or packaged by a pet food
company, determining protein quality and digestibility will be very difficult.

Common Protein
Ingredients In Pet Foods
What type of ingredients listed on a
pet food label are examples of protein sources? A list of ingredients frequently used as protein sources is as
follows:
Beef Lamb
Brewers dried yeast
Chicken
Chicken by-product meal
Chicken by-products
Chicken liver meal
Chicken meal
Corn gluten meal
Dried eggs
Fish

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Fish Meal
Lamb
Lamb meal
Meat and bone meal
Meat by-products
Meat meal
Poultry by-product meal
Soybean meal
Soy flour
Soy grits
Wheat germ

Protein Needs
of The Performance Dog
Training and exercise will increase
your dogs protein requirement.
How much of an increase is still under debate. An agility dog probably
has different protein requirements
compared to a long distance sled
dog compared to an average house
dog. No matter what kind of performance dog you have, however, dogs
in training and competition have an
increased need for protein. Training
and exercising increases synthesis
of plasma (blood) proteins. This increases blood volume that in turn
allows the heart to circulate more
blood to muscles with less effort.
Training also increases the number
of red blood cells allowing a higher
supply of oxygen to muscles. Lastly,
competitive dogs have higher numbers of contractile proteins in their
muscles allowing muscles to contract
better. They also generate a higher
concentration of energy compared
to untrained muscle. Environmental
temperature also will change your
dogs daily protein requirement. In
colder temperatures your dog grows
more hair to keep their internal temperature constant, and hair has a
very high protein content. You also
should keep your performance dog
on a high quality protein diet even
during the nontraining/ non-compe-

tition season. Some performance dog


owners switch to poorer quality food
during the off season to save money.
However, if you feed a poor quality
diet during the offseason, deficiencies may occur and that can cause
set back in health and stamina during
the next training season. If you think
a performance diet is too rich during the off-season, just decrease the
amount fed to your dog each day so
they dont get overweight. If money
is the concern, then at least switch to
a high quality performance food two
months prior to the training season
to ensure strong, healthy tissues during competition. Remember having high quality and highly digestible
proteins available all year long will
keep your dog in tip-top shape for
training and competition season.

How Much Protein Does


a Working Dog Need?
Because protein can not be stored
for future use, all tissue and blood
proteins serve a purpose. If you feed
a low level, poorly digestible protein
diet, tissue and blood proteins must
be converted to amino acids for other necessary functions. When these
diets are fed over several weeks to
months, your dog will develop a poor
appetite, lethargy (sluggishness) and,
over time, anemia (a low red blood
cell count). Because there are many
variables in determining quality and
digestibility of protein, no one exact
percentage can be recommended
for your performance dog. Further
complicating matters is that dog
food labels list protein levels on an
as fed basis, not a dry matter basis
this makes it more difficult to compare one diet to another easily. Most
research on performance and working dogs recommends 30- 35% of
the calories in a dogs diet come from

protein (based on a dry matter basis,


not an as fed basis in the guaranteed
analysis of a dog food label)
Here are 4 things you should remember when determining which
food to feed when considering protein:

Look at the ingredient panel. Is


animal meat the primary source
of protein, or are there more plant
sources of protein listed than animal
sources?

Call your pet food company to


ask about their protein digestibility. Do they use animal feeding
trials to determine the quality and
digestibility of their protein? Is their
foods digestibility high (80 to 90%)?

Do a calculation to determine
if 30-35% of the calories in your
dogs diet are from protein. This is
what most literature currently recommends for performance dogs [Note:
You have to convert the as fed percentage to a dry matter percentage].

Most importantly, monitor your


dogs health and energy level.
When fed a new diet, if your dog becomes sluggish, unwilling to work,
becomes ill, or doesnt heal quickly
from injuries, he may be suffering
from a protein deficiency. q

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IRON WARRIOR KNLS GR CH MAKAVELI


Hey Editor, you had asked me to try and write another story so here we go. For this story I had to call
Iron Warrior kennels. IW is a good friend of mine so
I began to ask him about one of the greatest dogs
around, Iron Warriors Gr. Ch. Makaveli. As we began
to talk about Mack I asked him how he had come
about getting Makavelli. IW told me that his buddy
Zoo Kennels called him and told him, Look we have
a 16 month old pup here thats one bad SOB.
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o IW went on over and picked up this


16 month old pup and held on to him
for a bit before checking him out. IW
began to look at Mack at about 18 months old
and liked what he had seen from Mack. A lot of
people would tell IW that Mack was just a hard
biting cur. Well IW said we willsee about that,
and boy did IW show them. Macksweight was
set and the calls went out.
It didnt take long for someone to answer
the call and it was Ditch Bank/Fishmans Red.
This one was @42lbs.This one did not take long
as it was all said and done in 26 minutes, making Mack a 1xw.
For his second IW was looking for the best
42 in the state. Well this one was set and now
Mack was being worked for number 2. Mack
was a dog that would do whatever it took to
win. He was a hard worker and would give it
his all. So for number 2 Pompano Kennels
answered the call and came with a dog call
Jughead @42lbs. That one did not go long either and Mack was done with Jughead in 28
minutes making Mack a 2xw. Now Iron Warrior
and Mack are on the hunt to make Champion.
Mack was becoming the talk of the town and
the dog to beat.
It was said that Str8Drop Kennels had the
one that was going to stop Makaveli in his
tracks. Iron Warrior knew what kind of bulldog
Mack was and set the weight and the date.
Str8Drop came with their dog called Face @42.
This one went a little while longer, still it was all
over in 42 minutes making Makaveli Iron Warriors Champion Makaveli.

It wasnt long before Iron Warrior was looking for number 4 for Mack cause at this point
he was going to take Mack all the way. Number 4 was into Troublesomes Trigger @42 for
this one Mack was done with him in only 20
minutes making Makaveli a 4xw.WOW not bad
for a bulldog that people said was just a hard
mouth cur.
Makaveli was on the war path now and
looking to make Grand Champion and the
stage was set for number 5. For this one Makaveli was hooked into DPGS Otis. This was the
one that was going to put Mack on his ass or
so they said. Makaveli put Otis away in 47 minutes making him Iron Warriors Gr. Ch. Mackavelli, one off the greatest dogs alive. Gr. Ch.
Makaveli is said to be one hell of a bulldog by
everyone who has seen him do his thing. Iron
Warrior Kennels are now putting some of the
best gyps they can find under Makaveli. Makaveli has already put on the ground a 2xw male,
and one bad assgyp for Iron Warrior. A few people I know have bred to Mack, he should put
some good ones on the ground. Makaveli was
a front end and back end dog and would take
all ofthem out in this fashion. Makaveli was also
a 4xB.I.S. Every hoglost game. He only had to
make 3 scratches during hunts in his entire career. He is one of the best, if not the BEST in the
country. Iron Warriors Gr. Ch Makaveli is off ofa
dog named Baldheards Batman. Batman is off
of Latin Boys Chester ROM to Latin BoysLittle
Black Dumpling. Makavelis dam is Zoo kennels
Lil Mama and Lil Mama is off of Zoo Kennels Ch.
Merlin to a gyp named Zoo Kennels Trick. q

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The test for Gameness


How, why and to what effect?

The process of bringing a dog to pit-worthiness as


often as not follows along certain traditional lines.
Traditionally, it goes something like this. The dog
man raises up his young pit prospect, and through
a process of careful schooling and nurturing,
brings him at long last to that critical point of culmination, that final verge that is the brink between
mere prospect and full-fledged pit dog at which
point the dog man uses one, two, or even three
dogs to beat the living daylights out of that young
prospect and to stop him if he can!

ow the proccss described in this


way may, on the surface, seem
quite silly to the uninitiated and
if it does, thats because it is. Silly, I mean. At
least I think it is.
Whats wrong with it then? Thats simple.
The whole process completely overlooks the
fact that if you want to match your dog there
is one thing even more important than coming up with a game one and that is coming up with a winner!
If its going to take two or three dogs to
stop a dog why stop him at all!
Now before we examine this seeming
break with tradition, let me first of all make
it clear that there is nothing new in what I
am saying, and that if you want to find some
precedent for this seemingly new view, you
can find it operating in varying extent in the
way some of the most successful dogmcn
have gone about their schooling and testing.
The purpose of this article is not to present a new method of testing a dog. Rather
I mean to weigh the two rationales one
against the other the one that is purist
and traditional and perhaps, as someone
once said, makes a fetish out of gameness,
against that other rationale which seems to
me a sort of outlandish stepchild of tradition, even having the effrontery to outshine
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But before loading down the scales with


all that weighty stuff, there is one commonly
held belief ~ or, more accurately, opinion
that Id like to loss out of our field of consideration once and for all. That opinion which
states Any dog will quit under the right
circumstances.
Now, first of all, if a dog man really and
truly believes that, then he already knows his
dog will quit and so testing his dog at all,
and especially testing him hard, loses a good
deal of its meaning. Why set out to prove
what one already knows?
But aside from any such if it were true
considerations, it certainly is true that the
above-stated opinion can never be proven
a fact. If the old Diamond dog could go for
two hours plus, and then cross over into
death without ever having quit, indeed his
very last effort in life having been to reach
out to grab hold of Black Bart then I view
it as a bit worse than shabby of me to cast
doubts regarding his gameness, for me to
assert that hed have quit under the right
circumstances. What happened is provable.
What never did, but might have happened
isnt!
Some things are simply outside our realm
of knowledge, things we can never know in
this life like what God looks like, or how
many grains of sands there arc on the beach.
Hell, I cant even know how many grains of
sand are down my own damn bathing suit!
So while the above commonly held
opinion may or may not have any basis in
fact, for as long as that opinion cannot be
proven one way or the other, I have a choice
as to what to believe. And I choose to accord the old Diamond dog and all those
that have passed willingly and without regret, gamely and for courage sake from this
life into the next the utmost highest place
in my memory, no shabby, cynical, and as
far as I can see, utterly useless reservation
entering into spoil it.
Now, getting back to the traditional
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which side will rest solidly and which side


ends up dangling.
Youve tested your dog hard and he
proved game. Just what valuable verification
of the dogs worth have you gained?
1. Youve learned that hes probably
worth breeding to.
2. Youve learned that he probably wont
quit on you if you match him.
And remember, even while the dog
passed the test, it could also be quite apparent to you that he might be nothing but
game and have no other redeeming quality whatsoever to make him worth matching.
In which case 2. above no longer applies and
you are left with only the one justification for
having tested your dog hard. And maybe not
even the one unless you believe gameness
the only quality worth considering when
you make a breeding.
In short, and quite frankly, there seems
to me surprisingly meager advantage to be
gained by hard testing your bulldog. Perhaps
I can make this clearer to you as you read on.
Now lets assume you have a dog that
acts pretty good and is at least reasonably
game, one with a winning combination of
bite, talent, and air but his true depth of
gameness is still an open question. In other
words, deep-game or not, there is the strong
possibility he can win for you.
What are the pluses and minuses of putting a hard test on this son of dog?
Lets suppose that the dog is game
enough to pass a hard test What have you
gained by two-dogging him? A certain
peace of mind? Perhaps. But how much
has the hard test taken out of him? So add
to your peace of mind that the dog will be
just that much less capable when he starts
winning fur you and if his first match is a
close one, whatever his hard test took out of
him just might be the critical factor deciding
your loss!
Now lets suppose that the dog is not
deep-game for the test What do you gain by
stopping him?
Peace of mind?

Well, a curious peace of mind it is putting the quit on a winner!


So what am I suggesting here that
dogmcn should stop testing their dogs altogether?
Not at all. Im suggesting that the capability of the dog should decide the severity
of the test the more capable the dog, the
easier the test! Dont stop a winner use him
to win with!
And rest assured....sooner or later, somewhere down the road, your dog will meet
the dog to test him. Your curiosity will be satisfied anyway! And if worse comes to worse
and it turns out your dog was a quitter all
along then perhaps his four-out-of-five win
record wont have proved too great a financial burden on you!
If you like, by all means keep a warm spot
in your heart for the traditional but them
dont shortchange the stepchild. Take it from
the winners better smart and solvent than
purist and poor. q

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Freedomborn Knls CH BLACK DREAM


WITH THE SPEED OF A ROCKET

I always was a fan of line Breeding. So when I


had a chance to breed to SCKS Ch. Jesse James I
didnt think twice about doing the breeding. I met
SCKS Tony a couple of times before we became
friends and did the breeding with a bitch I own
called Freedomborn Kennels Shonda that I acquired from Southern Kennels. She was a direct
daughter of the great Gr. Ch. Machobuck. This was
the first breeding Freedomborn Kennels and SCKS
Tony ever did. This first breeding produced two
champions, Ch. Black Dream & Ch. Yellow Rose.
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remember this like yesterday, Shonda


was not a good mother so about 9
days after birth she started killing the
puppies. Good thing I was home at the time
and was able to save 5 out of the 9 pups. I
took them away from the mother and kept
them in a pen. I would wake up every two
hours and place them to feed on Shonda.
I ended up saving all five of them, 1 male
and 4 females. I remember calling SCKS

Tony and telling him I was thinking about


putting down the only male out the litter
because he had already bitten my brother
in law, and my cousin as well as my partner
Freds wife. SCKS Tony advised me not too
because Ch. 357 was a man biter as well.
The first time, Ch. Dream surprised me was
when my cousin was playing with him and
out of no where the dog went crazy and
tried to grab a hold of my cousin. As this
was happening my cousin was kicking him
like a football trying to keep him away but
the 3 month old pup kept scratching back
into him trying to bite him.
Black Dreams first fight was February 27,
20**. Ten days before the show he broke
loose and got into it with a son of Gr. Ch.
Destroyer, which he ended up killing. So I
rested Black Dream from that point in the
keep on, reason being he was limping and
had a swollen chest after the yard wreck.
The day of the show the opponent asked
me about the fresh scars on Black Dream
and called me crazy for doing him but Black
Dream won his first in 53 minutes.
For his 2nd match into Smith Bay Kennels we came in 2 pounds under because
again Black Dream got loose and ate chicken feed. Black Dream had diarrhea until 2
days before the show. We ended up winning that one in 1:12 and were awarded
G.I.S.
For his 3rd we again met up with Smith
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toughest match yet. They both


came out swapping blows. Then
mouth to mouth, all you saw on the
carpet were pieces of teeth. Smith
Bays dog kept going in to Blacks
chest and stifle. Black was peeling
him off eating away at his face then
Black went in his stifle giving him
his own medicine. He tried again to
go to Blacks back end but Dream
wasnt having any of that, tucking
his stifle and moving like a snake.
At that point Black figured him out!!
After 1 hour Black Dream was in
complete control. A turn was called
and the ref granted it. Black Dream
was fighting me in the corner while
I was trying to sponge him. Scratch
was on Smith Bay but their dog
takes the count and stands the line!
Black shoots out like a rocket on his
courtesy and its over in 1:27. Black
Dream is now Ch. Black Dream and
was also awarded B.I.S.

For his 1st two matches he


was campaigned under STN Kennels. I just changed my name into
FreedomBorn Kennels because I
wanted to do my own thing. We are
still part of the same team just different names.
My sincere thanks to XXX Kennels, Ruff Life Kennels, CML, Papo,
TM CM KENNELS, The Chosen Few,
Bigworm, and STN for all the help
and being true. All I can say is thank
you. They know who they are. Also
want to take this time to thank a living legend in the game SCK Tony for
being a 1st class guy. Believe me; I
look up to this guy and his kennel.
Ch. SCK Nico 4xw-1xl ROM, SCK
Awesome Baby ROM, Gr. Ch. SCK
Yellowbuck 6xw POR, Ch. SCK Miss
Nico, Ch. SCK Jesse James Rod 4xW,
SCK Blondie POR, and the list goes
on. Id be happy to accomplish half
of what he has. Even so he does

know that I am out for his records.


Tony even told me that I remind
him of his self back in the day. Pretty
good complement, I have to set the
bar high.
Thank you all that supported
me and thanks to the haters that
got my name tattooed on their
tongues, because Freedomborn is
coming hard. The home of Ch. Black
Dream, Ch. Max and yall know the
others! q

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TERRIER DOGS by Ed James

Originally published in 1873, this book contains a wealth of


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ORPHANED PUPPIES
a few really useful tips

Raising an orphaned puppy is often required given the breed we raise. It can be a very exhausting
and rewarding time, the bonding that occurs in
the first few days will likely last many years. However, orphaned puppies are very fragile and raising
them can be challenging. Do not be disappointed
if you are unsuccessful.
vet tek @ big sky kennels

What problems
am I likely to encounter?
Several critical problems must be addressed
in caring for orphaned puppies. Among
these are hypothermia, dehydration, and
hypoglycemia. These problems are interrelated and may often exist at the same time.
Close observation and prompt attention if
any of these problems develop are essential
to survival. Of course, proper feeding of the
orphaned puppy is extremely important.

Chilling or Hypothermia
Chilling or hypothermia in newborn puppies
can lead to significant mortality. A puppy
will lose far more body heat per pound of
body weight than an adult dog. The normal
newborn puppy depends upon radiant heat
from its mother to help maintain its body
temperature. In the absence of the mother,
various methods of providing heat, such as
incubators, heat lamps, or hot water
bottles can be used.
Rectal temperatures in a normal newborn puppy range
from 95 to 99F (35 to
37.2C) for the first week, 97
to 100F (36.1 to 37.8C)
for the second and third
weeks, and reach the
normal temperature of
an adult (100 to 102F)
(37.8 to 38.9C) by the
fourth week.
When the rectal tem-

perature drops below 94F (34.3C), the accompanying metabolic alterations are lifethreatening. Therefore, immediate action is
necessary to provide the warmth the puppy
needs to survive. A healthy newborn can
usually survive chilling if warmed slowly.
During the first four days of its life, the
orphaned puppy should be maintained in
an environmental temperature of 85 to
90F (29.4 to 32.2C). The temperature may
gradually be decreased to 80F (26.7C) by
the seventh to tenth day and to 72F (22.2C)
by the end of the fourth week. If the litter is
large, the temperature need not be as high.
As puppies huddle together, their body heat
provides additional warmth.
Caution: Rapidly warming a chilled puppy
may result in its death. Gradually warm a
hypothermic puppy over thirty to sixty minutes.

Dehydration
The lack of regular liquid intake or the exposure of the puppy to a low humidity environment can easily result in dehydration.
The inefficiency of the digestion and metabolism of a chilled puppy may also lead to
dehydration and other changes. Two signs of
dehydration are the loss of elasticity in the
skin and dry and sticky mucous membranes
(gums) in the mouth. An environmental relative humidity of 55 to 65 percent is adequate
to prevent drying of the skin in a normal
newborn puppy. However, a relative humidity of 85 to 90 percent is more effective in
maintaining puppies if they are small and
weak. Place a warm, wet washcloth in the
puppies box to help maintain humidity. A
humidifier is also an excellent tool to maintain proper humidity for the puppies.
Caution: The environmental temperature
should not exceed 90F (32.2C) when high
humidity is provided. A temperature of 95F
(35.0C) coupled with relative humidity of 95
percent can lead to respiratory distress.

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Hypoglycemia
Signs of hypoglycemia or low blood
sugar are severe depression, muscle twitching and convulsions. If a
puppy shows signs of hypoglycemia, a solution containing glucose
must be administered. A few drops
of corn syrup on the tongue can be
life saving.

What do I feed
my orphaned puppy?
Total nutrition for the newborn orphans must be supplied by a milk
replacer until the puppies are about
three weeks of age. At this age, the
puppies are ready to start nibbling
moistened solid food.

Preferred diets
1. A commercial puppy milk replacer
2. For short-term emergencies, combine:
1 cup of milk
1 tablespoon corn oil
1 pinch of salt
3 egg yolks (no whites)
Blend mixture uniformly
Is the temperature of the food
important? Since the newborn may
have trouble generating enough
heat to maintain its body temperature, the milk replacer should be
warmed to 95o to 100o F (35 to 37.8o)
for the best results. Test the milk replacers temperature on your forearm
(as for babies) before feeding. The
milk replacer should be about the
same temperature as your skin or
only slightly warmer. As the puppies
grow older, the milk replacer can be
fed at room temperature.

How do I feed my puppy?


Dropper feeding accomplishes the
same result as spoon feeding but is
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Baby bottles made for puppies


can be used quite successfully in
most situations. The size of the hole
in the nipple is critical for success.
If the bottle is turned upside down
and milk replacer drips from the
nipple, the hole is too large. Use of
a nipple that is too large may cause
drowning. If the bottle is turned
upside down and milk replacer
comes out only after considerable
squeezing of the bottle, the hole
is too small. Use of this nipple will
result in the puppy becoming discouraged and refusing to nurse. The
hole is the proper size if the bottle
is turned upside down and milk replacer drips from the nipple with
minimal squeezing. If you are having trouble enlarging the hole, heat
a needle with a match and push it
through the nipple several times.
Tube feeding is the easiest,
cleanest and most efficient method of hand feeding. However, it
requires proper equipment and
technique to prevent putting milk
replacer into the puppys lungs.
If bottle feeding is not successful,
we will supply you with the equipment and demonstrate the proper
technique. This is not a difficult procedure, so do not hesitate to ask
about it if it is needed.
Commercial milk replacers have
directions on their labels for proper
amounts to feed. It is necessary to
weigh the puppies accurately. The
amounts on the labels are based
on the puppy being fed only the
milk replacer. The amounts given
are also for a 24 hour period. That
quantity should be divided by the
number of feedings per 24 hours.
Four meals spaced equally over a 24
hour period are ample for feeding a
puppy when adequate nutrients are
provided. Six or more feedings may

be necessary if the puppy is small


or weak. Hand feeding can generally be ended by the third week and
certainly by the fourth. By this time
the puppy can consume food, free
choice, from a dish (see below).
The puppys genital area must
be stimulated after feeding to cause
urination and defecation. The genital area should be massaged with a
moist cloth or cotton ball to stimulate action. This cleaning should
continue during the first two weeks.
If this procedure is not followed, the
puppy may become constipated. By
three weeks, the puppy can start to
eat food from the dish along with
the milk replacer.
Gruel can be made by thoroughly mixing a puppy food (canned
or dry) with the milk replacer to
reach the consistency of a thick
milk shake. The mixture should not
be too thick or the puppy will not
eat very much. As the consumption
of food increases, the amount of
milk replacer can be gradually decreased. By four to four and a half
weeks, the orphaned puppy can
consume enough moistened solid
food to meet its needs. It is better to avoid starting a puppy on a
baby food regimen. This creates
extra work and can also create a
finicky eater. Many such foods will
not meet the nutritional needs of a
growing puppy.
The first vaccination is normally
given to puppies at 6-8 weeks of
age. However, if your puppy did not
nurse from its mother during the
first 2-3 days after birth, there will
be no protective immunity passed
to it. If that is the case, the first vaccination should be given at about
2-3 weeks of age.
Hope this comes in handy for
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EAST END KENNELS GR CH MYRA

I first set my eyes on Myra when I visited my pal


Dr. Death who was working her for her fourth. I
heard about Myra when she was said to be retired
as a Champion. I hadnt paid much attention to
this dog because she was partly owned by and living out her retirement on Inter Citys yard. Inter
City is known for his bullshit and paper champions, but thats another story. So when I asked Dr.
Death who was the strong looking female on the
front chain he said it was the CH Myra bitch.
no kidding kennels

above:
the great east ends
grand champion myra

right:
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he was looking real impressive. He said


shes going out again into what was
supposed to be the best 41 pounder
in the country, Limeys 2X Winner Prudence.
Now we all know the Limeys talk shit about all
their dogs. Theyve never had a cur and every
one is unbeatable or the gamest thing to walk
the earth. Anyway, Prudence really was this;
she had beaten a good one in England. Then
she went to Ireland and beat a very good dog
there.
The Limeys called this match and they
knew that CH Myra had been showed at 43
pounds in her previous matches but they
want her at 41 pounds. East End Kennels now
owned CH Myra and they loved taking the
money of the Limeys. So, they agreed with
drawing Myra down 2 pounds to get it on. I
asked Dr. Death how her keep had gone as I
could see she wasnt far off. Not bad as she had

come down from Inner Citys yard at an easy 50


pounds and looking like shit.
Well I couldnt make it to the show because
I had to work. It was said to be a real war. Both
females were good ass end dogs but Myra
proved to be the better one. She killed Prudence in 1:51. Apparently there were calls to
pick up at 1:00, as Prudence was gone then.
But there was still tie to save her handler, Dirty
Harry, whose eyes were glazed over and he
was in shock. They managed to save Harry but
prudence was history. I saw Myra a few days
later hen I went to Deaths house to pick up my
bet. She was up and about not looking bad.
Death told me how they got it on and said it
would have been a lot quicker for Myra if she
hadnt been drawn down for it.
Now a few weeks before all of this another
real good outfit had beat Limey Kennels with a
43 pound female. Scarecrow Kennels Peanuts
had beaten Limeys Miss Fox, curred out and
killed her in 1:33. Miss Fox was another good
one for the Limeys. My partner refereed Foxs
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a real good one. Now Peanuts blew through


Fox and the Scarecrows were gunning for Myra
if she were to beat Prudence. When the results
were out Scarecrow phoned me straight up
as they knew I got along well with Dr. Death.
They wanted me to get them hooked up because they had the dog to kill CH Myra. What
a match this would be, I made arrangements
straight away to meet with both parties where
we made a date, weight and a bet. The build
up to this one was good. Both females had
buried Limey Kennels best, but was Peanuts
youth and freshness too much for CH Myra...
and would CH Myras experience be too much
for Peanuts?
No one really knew for sure. There was
a real buzz to this one, the date seemed like
years away but it passed and it was time to get
it on. As the weeks passed, both Scarecrow
and East End Kennels were driving me mad,
had I seen Peanuts, had I seen Myra. What were
they looking like, how are they working...each
one looking for some sort of sign that would
boost their confidence more than both teams
already were. Anyway, the day was finally here
and Scarecrow arrived at my place around
midday, the show was to take place at 11 pm.
Scarecrow had to travel so they wanted
time to rest up and walk out their dog. I got
a good look at Peanuts and he was looking
in first class shape, you could see that intense
look about her. She was a deep chocolate color
with close-cropped ears.
The time was here and we were there.
There was a larger than average crowd as all
the top outfits were wanting to see this one.
Scarecrow lost the toss and weighed in first,
they were right on 43 pounds. Peanuts could
see the pit and started to sound up, she knew
it was show time and we got her washed and
cornered. Then Death brings in CH Myra, a
deep red bitch with a black mask. She looked
real calm; when she weighed in she hit 43
pounds as well. You could see Myra was ready
and had been here many times
before so she was saving her energy for the
fight. The crowd was calling big bets and on
the words pit your dogs, both bitches hit at a

million miles an hour...BANG in the center.


These two went real hard, Peanuts looking
the more aggressive of the two. Myra seemed
to just ride along on the defensive. Peanuts
hit the mouth real hard and Myra looks to be
in deep shit. Peanuts, biting very hard in the
mouth goes on until about : 11 when Myra
comes apart and dives for the stifle. This brings
the Myra crowd to their feet as now Myra is on
the offensive and back where she loves to be.
Peanuts was in trouble as Myra had flipped her
on her back and was high in her guts. She was
getting damaged real quick. Peanuts made
a big turn as if to say, What the fuck is happening? Scarecrow is working like mad to get
her on her feet, which she manages to do, but
is already looking broken. A good handle is
made at :30 but I could see it was near over,
apart from the shouting. With Peanuts to go
she makes a very game scratch but Myra takes
a stifle again and drives Peanuts from one wall
to another. She has it all her own way, when
at 1:00 Scarecrow gives it up making Myra
a Grand Champion. Peanuts showed deep
gameness but just had no answer to Myra. This
was a special dog, killing four out of five and
open to the best.
Congratulations Dr. Death and East End
Kennels on GR CH Myra, one of the best! q

below:
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The view from my corner

REMINISCING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS

It seemed that after beating Anderson in his back


yard that I was now included in alot of the events
happening in our area. I was getting to meet alot
of other dog fanciers in both Oklahoma and Texas.
One of the first matches I was invited to was between Indian Sonny and Danny Burton. The Indian
had traveled all the way from California for that one.
Danny had won it easily. It wasnt much of a match
but just getting to see dogmen that had been in the
game for years go at it was a thrill in itself.
bill cox

above:
roach, orndorph,
carter, cox, hoffman,
mccollum, hubbard,
reynolds & crenshaw

right:
bill and d. Payne with
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had also gotten friendly with Jim Uselton


and Bobby Smith. Both had been around
for a very long time. Jim had been good
friends with Earl Tudor and still had some of
the last dogs that Earl had owned. Jim was famous for his bitch Flo and his King Solomon in
some of the better pedigrees of today.
The phone rang again a few months later.
Once again it was Danny Burton. We made
small talk for awhile then he got around to
the reason for his call. He asked if I was planning on matching Jackson again. I replied saying that I wasnt opposed to using him again
and asked him why. He said he knew a young
man who had a little dog that he was wanting
to match and if I was interested he would put
me in touch with the guy. I told him sure go
ahead and tell him to call me.

The next evening I got a call from a man


from Wichita Falls, Texas. He introduced
himself as Bruce Gilley a friend of Dannys.
We talked for awhile and agreed to match
our dogs. He said he knew Jim Uselton
himself, so we decided he would work fine
as a ref and a forfiet holder. He then asked
me if I had a place where we could hold
the match. It seemed that Tony Anderson
who usually had the matches at his place
had started charging a gate to get in and
watch the fights. Pissing alot of the local
dogmen off. I told Gilley that I could more
than likely come up with a good spot. I had
become friends with a man named Glen Ingram who owned a nice horse ranch and
had a few bulldogs. Even though he didnt
match them he enjoyed rolling them. He
liked to see the dogs go. Glen had a number of barns on his property. The main one
I was interested in was a horse auction arena he had in one of his barns. It was complete with a good lighting system and had
bleachers for the crowd to sit in.
I talked with Glen a few days later about
letting me use his barn to fight Jackson in.
Assuring him that only a few people would
be interested enough to attend. He took to
the idea well so I called Gilley back and told
him I had a good place and that I would give
him directions to the spot when we got closer to the time of the match. It was on again
We was going for Jacksons second win and
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sibly lose now? I was a real dogman now. I


didnt have any idea that I was about to enter
the major leagues with this match. Burton
and Gilley had neglected to tell me their dog
was named Diablo, and had already won two
matches over respected dogmen. His last
win being over a well thought of dog that
belonged to Kenny Allen who later owned
the legendary ten time winner Tornado.
Sometimes ignorance is a good thing.
Nothing really eventful happened during
the keep with Jackson. We went back to doing alot of walking and using the old electric
mill that I had come up with. The only thing
that did happen was while Jackson was over
at Dougs one night. Doug had left Jackson
in his shed to run in the house for something
and had forgotten to put the dog food up.
Jackson must have ate 30 pounds of Purina
before Doug came back and discovered
what had happened. This was about half way
thru the keep and didnt cause that big of a
problem, but if it had been before the end or
a few days out we would have been in seriously deep shit.
I guess Danny had really been offended
by me and Jackson kicking their ass the first
time we went at it. By having decided to
use Diablo against us when there was alot
tougher competition out there than us, he
meant to get even.
The night of the match we were all out
at my friends horse ranch hanging out. Glen
had a basement that he had turned into a

gameroom. Complete with pool table, pinball machine and ping-pong table, and a
complete bar. We were having a couple
of beers and shooting some pool waiting on Gilley and his crew to arrive. Someone stepped downstairs and said here they
come, you better come have a look. Well I
climbed the stairs and looked outside. As far
as I could see there was nothing but headlights coming in our direction. It looked like
rush hour in Los Angeles from where I was
looking. The first car to pull up was Jim Uselton driving a new Cadilac, then followed by
a fleet of nice looking pickup trucks and cars.
We was going to have a huge crowd of spectators. I had told Glen that hardly anyone
would care enough to come watch. Looks
like I lied.
After about another hour everyone that
was coming was present. People made it
from the gameroom out to the barn where
the pit was. Gilley and I got together with
Uselton, flipped a coin to see who would
wash first, then wieghed. We were both on
weight so we went ahead with the wash.
We used Glens bathtub for the wash. I had
to wash first, so. I was the first to enter the
pit. Everyone was in a good mood and
seemed to be very serious. It wasnt like the
first time when I had went into Anderson
and Burton. They were taking us very seri-

above:
bill and bobby breeding
gipsy rose to ch swamper

left:
bruce gilley with his
diablo dog

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ous this time. Doug washed Gilleys


dog for me. We were still both very
green and didnt know much about
a proper wash, but we were doing the best we could. Bruce Gilley
entered the pit with Diablo. It was
time to boogie.
Bruce had showed up with a
beautiful little black dog, you could
tell by looking at him that he was all
business. Mr. Uselton yelled at both
of us to release our dogs. The dogs
met with a loud thud in the middle
of the pit.
Then Diablo dropped down and
shot up under Jackson. He drove
straight back to his stifle and took a
mouthful of Jacksons left stifle. The
deep, dark blood began to pour out
immediately. Diablo stayed in Jacksons stifle for a full twenty minutes. I
had called a turn on Jackson early in
the fight, but really had no chance
to make a handle to get him back up
on his feet and out of the mouth of
Diablo. Then about twenty-five minutes Diablo turned loose enough for
me to get a handle. I could tell when
I picked Jackson up that he was already crippled and going into shock.
I just wanted to see him scratch one
time then I was going to throw the
towel in and give up the match.
When Uselton called for Jackson to
scratch, I turned loose of him, as soon
as I released him, he just fell over on
his side. I just picked him up and carried him from the pit and handed
him to Doug. He was almost D.O.A.
when I handed him to Doug. Diablo
was the baddest bulldog I had ever
laid eyes on in my short career as a
dogman. I knew right then that Diablo was the kind of dog I wanted
and had to have to be competive in
the fast paced game of dog fighting,
but knowing where to acquire a dog
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Southern Kennels MACHO
The Chosen Fews CH AWESOME BUCK ROM
Openhouse Kennels CHEYENNE
The Chosen Fews KING AMOK
Desert Rats CH DOC HOLLIDAY
The Chosen Fews THINKER ROM
WCBB WHISKEY

KING AMOK a three time winner at 51,5 lbs - 52.8 that won over The Captains GERONIMO in 1:07, DWBs
GIOSHI in 1:27 and J &J Peru Kennelss BOSS in 2:07.

Sporting Dog Journal Grand Champion


Southern Kennels MACHO
The Chosen Fews CH AWESOME BUCK ROM
Openhouse Kennels CHEYENNE
The Chosen Fews COPPERHEAD
Desert Rats CH DOC HOLLIDAY
The Chosen Fews THINKER ROM
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Jessie Rods GR CH MIDNIGHT
Jessie Rods MIDNIGHT JR
Jessie Rods CH PRETTY GIRL
Killer Combines GR CH VENGEANCE D.O.Y. 2011
Killer Combines CH VADER
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Rodriguez LITTLE GIFT
GR CH VENGEANCE has four Register of Merit points. When bred to Killer Combines ANGER he produced
Killer Combines CH WOLVERINE and Str8_Drop Kennels CH BIGFOOT. When bred to Mitchums MS
CLEO he sired Str8_Drop Kennels CH BLAZE. When bred to Killer Combines HONOR they produced
Killer Combines CH PHOENIX.

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Southern Kennels GR CH MAYDAY ROM
Southern Kennels MACHO
Stone City Kennels BLONDIE
The Chosen Fews AWESOME BUCK
Aycart & Red Tide Kennels CRASH
Openhouse Kennels CHEYENNE
Red Tide Kennels TARNA
AWESOME BUCK has six Register of Merit points. When bred to The Chosen Fews THINKER ROM they
produced The Chosen Fews GR CH CHILINDRINA, The Chosen Fews GR CH COPPERHEAD, The Chosen Fews CH CARMELA SOPRANO and The Chosen Fews CH KING AMOK.

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Dear Journal,
With so many envious people in
this sport it maybe hard for anyone
to find some other views other than
mines. So here is a nice view that not
me yet these females deserve. I am
just a lucky man.
Enjoy it
Chico Lopez
Now that we are given the opportunity to make a humble opinion of someone who is doing good
things for everyone is a real honor to
talk about his upbringing and years of
work, I will make mention of 2 great
dogs of which, I stayed present in
their respective shows.
In the course of my life in dogs
always listen and consider that there
was a higher level of some kennels
and consequently raising the animals experienced dog men of old
made some comments red dogs
with a unique style that reveal fable
stories almost if not fantasies, but if
you go though life presenting exceptional events when they are ready to
value as in the case of red dogs but
in a very, very special selection carried out by a person who believe in
honor and honest in what he does,
these red dogs which Prof. Cyrus my
father once observed an animal with
real consistency in Veracruz Mexico,
where she meets a particular character (CHOSEN FEW) who competed
that day with a beautiful bitch the
gr ch Chilindrina, bitch incredible
character and an ability to move in a
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neck without truce, although some


mention that there is no big mouth
in these dogs want to mention that
in such a way the big mouth is not
strange, and that mouth that there is
very relative, have enough punch to
infringe enough damage and most
importantly know how to win at the
ball with such unwavering determination to define.
The Gr Ch Chilindrina my turn
and see her live on the day of gr ch
against VR excellent dog which was
for me the classic encounter between
the black against the red and in which
each side highlighted the features
that excite each of the breeders of the
different families mentioned above
Troy opponent mouth with a very respectable and style to horn insistent
and destructive champion and based
on feedback from attendees, but during the course of the event is overlapping with Gr Ch Chilindrina attack
variants of the hindquarters and belly
and above 2 hours is victorious at all
easy, all without forgetting conditioning is not very common these days
and that allows him to survive so
strong dance and best of all unfold
during the show masterfully shows
giving a better physical performance
in strength and air but only briefly because the opposite is also highly regarded, but he showed the CHOSEN
FEW good conditioning and its peculiar style to encourage and assist their
dogs during the meeting that many
do not like but the reality is that it is
difficult to contain his excitement at
such a show of Gr Ch Chilindrina.

Another animal litter brother ch


Chilindrina gr, gr ch Cooper is the
head which I had the pleasure of seeing her live 2 times 2 dogs winning
in Mexico City in international events,
conditioned by the dogfhater which
is also very respectable, style neck
consistent in that way of dancing besides being loud so intense that it is
in the lines (same Chilindrina) that I
hear that last date is in the hands of
gr ch Chosen few that does not happen in maseta not easy, only result of
hard work and years of daily dedication but it is easy to talk to get dogs
to compete, how hard is to get dogs
that are produced as the parents
of these copies the ROM Ch Awesome Buck treasures and the owner
retains his blood with characteristics
that are of your liking and to provide
consistent results and incredible not
to mention the mother Chosen Few
Thinker ROM.
Now that we have in our yard
a puppy from his yard we are given
the opportunity to continue a work
of years and continue this excellent
family dogs as well as having an important example of how to do things
the best we appreciate the confidence given to us and we know that
not many have it, this is only an example that with persistence achieves
excellent results receive greetings
from your friend and fan of the sport.
Sauron Kennels
Editors Note: Sorry for the horrible translation! I used google translator to translate the text from Spanish
into English.

KING AMOK
Winning his 1st in Asia, he headed
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within 3 months was on his way to


the Great White North to face the
best dogman in the country.
The stakes high. KING AMOK
pushing a pound for the travel was
clearly the smaller dog. Conditioning was not a factor as both dogmen
were at the top of the there game.
DWBs YOSHI was the opponent
and looking in top peak condition
as always from this very successful
camp. It was a small private crowd,
but a couple of the best were in attendance that day as well as dogmen
from t-land!
Both dogs came out strong, fast
and trading, King Amok getting the
better of the exchanges started taking over and wearing out YOSHI. With
YOSHI on the bottom, The Chosen
Few makes a few great handles, with
KING AMOK screaming in the corner.
KING AMOK continues the onslaught
and keeps digging in the throat.
DWBs YOSHI shows a few game,
game scratches to keep going, also
surpirsing the The Chosen Few when
finally he faulters and cant make the
count! The Chosen Fews King Amok
becomes a 2XW.
The Chosen Fews Ch KING AMOK,
a perfect specimen of the gamedog.
After witnessing his 2nd match, the
Chosen Few and Ch KING AMOK are
the TRUTH!
Flipside

Dear Journal,
We would like to thank the guys
at R.S.C. for SISSY and for getting us
started. We woukd also like to thank
Chuck, Danny P. and his wife for
showing us around the dog world on
their part of the world!
Black Cat & G.I. Joe

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Dear Journal,
A.W. called sayin someone told him
you'd put up the ROM's that's not up to
date. He sent me a copy of 22 champions off Banjo an 8 off Go Go Girl.
GR CH BANJO ROM 22 points
1. CH FANCY (J. Roach)
2. CH SHORTY
3. CH SALLY JO (Team USA)
4. CH BAD EARS
5. CH DYNAMITE (512 Boys)
6. CH WIGGLES (DSK)
7. CH SUGAR (Shores)
8. CH PENNY (DSK)
9. CH BAM BAM (KOREA)
10. CH CRAN JO (LETAL WEAPON)
11. CH RED MAN (DSK)
12. CH BANJI (DSK)
13. CH MANSON (B SHORES)
14. CH BANCHEE (R. GAFFY)
15. CH LUCKY STAR 4X (BURCHESS)
16. CH JUGHEAD (DSK)
17. CH SlASH (Poke's)
18. LOCKDOWN CH RUDY
19. CH JOE JOE (REMP)
20. CH TYRA (RSP)
21. CH CRAZY LEGS (DERRICK)
22. CH POLO (GO HARD KNLS)
GO GO GIRL ROM 8 points
1. CH BOOMER (E. ROUNDTREE)
2. CH DUKE 4X (DND EAST TEXAS KNL)
3. CH SHOOTER 4X (A.W.MCCOOL)
4. CH BO ( J. BINGINHIMER)
5. GR CH TEXAS (DONNIE S INDY)
6. GR CH CHUCK (C. JENNINGS-J. BINGINHIMER)
WITNESSES A.W. McCOOL, J. HOPKINS, C. DICKERSON, J. WILEY, M. DAVIS, DOYLE, BD SMITH.
This is the way it was hand written
to me mistakes in capital and none
but these are the real deals.
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Hello friends ,
As you know with success comes
also the envy and hate of the competitor who success makes uncomfortable
. I think that is good when people actually express what they feel. Here are a
few merits that these dogs have gained.
Alfred Ramirez I think seen Chili and
Copper. He knows how my enemies
got togherger to win over Carmela
Soprano and how that did not worked
out. Alfred himself seen Macho 1xw
seen Cheyenne at 6 years old a monster and at almost 10 dead game. Seen
AB destroyed and seem him pushed 5
pounds !! 5 fucking pounds.
Am I proud and thankful for these
dogs? Yes indeed. I am sure that all my
friends are too. As a Dogman I have
been blessed to see other great dogs
from other families for which I am
thankful that I was able to see. I am sure
all of us are mostly greatful to seen a
few of these great dogs. I feel blessed
for this.
Chico, their envy and hate is proof
of your success. (Alfred Ramirez) Thanks
dude! Now Here is what Mr. Gargamel
seen with his eyes. The below writing
was translated with google translator.
Chico and Thais want to first congratulate the Chosen Few family the
excellent work done by the world, that
you guys are doing and to stay in history forever, I as a lover of this sport very
adimiro their dogs their physical conditioning of the dogs etc ... I had the pleasure of seeing copperhead gr ch 2 times,
when she turned gr champion and
champion these dogs and me in terms
of play, speed and gameeeeeeeeeeee
Ive never seen like Ive seen before ch.
Carmela Soprano x Mangana and had
already fallen in love with this bitch and
then copperhead and amok and is arguably the best dogs in the world today
...decent dogs are not ugly at any moment of the fight, dogs with an incred-

ible power of definition and a game


outside of normal above average.
I saw amok in x jej champion turkey
boss, a fight to get the hat loca parecio
two transformes fighting amok ... did a
fair fight boss and tried to kill him several times over ... as I said these dogs
are smart they big fight to win and not
make any ugly hours and the game is
1000% when the brawl ended amok
ch x imprecionado boss I was the size
of the force that ch amok was wanting
to get into the pit again after 2:10 pm
intention of fighting.
Copperhead I saw the closing of its
champion with a hard dog kennel of
Hollywoods, copperhead very mistreated her throat giving no room for another dog in 30 minutes it devastated
her and you (chico) had commented
q copperhead stava not fought with
much more Decency of a good dog
toward his gr Campionato revolucion
kennel that was against one of the best
turkey of his parents bringing a very
good dog gator eli x litle not only that
they imagined that pegario one of the
best in the 18kg weight of the world .. .
copperhead devastated, destroyed and
broke that bitch todinha and screamed
like a crazy rays in wanting to kill another dog named Fifita.
Gr Ch Chilindrina I heard her very
well and fought against the best in several different countries, up to his own
enemies speak chico had never seen a
dog so good and that geito game show
in Mexico against giving nothing less
than vinny romeo a living legend and
of dogs born fighter.
Parabens family by the Chosen Few
awesoma buck ch ... rom rom thinker Carmela ch ... ch ... ch copperhead amok ... gr
gr champion ... and that family chilidrina
Crazy like to see these dogs inside the
square. Embrace of his friend ,Bruno
Chico Lopez

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Bijeljina Boys Grand Champion CRNOOKI


AND THE UNBEATABLE LITTER

L.S. Zinetti

above:
the one and only gr and
champion crnooki

crnooki (lef t) and beli


(right) as pups

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CRNOOKI was a from the greatest litter


ever born in the Balkans. They were born in
the early 90is in Bijeljina, Bosnia. The breeders
of that litter were Bijeljina Boys - Vlado Grahovac and Slobo Tanasic. The sire was Radonjic's
JUMBO R.O.M. and the dam was Bijeljina Boys'
LOLA R.O.M. JUMBO was littermate brother
to Radonjic's GIPSY and RAMBO, all imported
from the States and all of them produced a lot
of game dogs. They were from RedBoy/Jocko/
Jeep breeding. LOLA was a daughter of CH.
YELLOW TOM and SARA (sister to CH. YANKEE).
Slobo and Vlado owned LOLA, they wanted
to match her but without success. When she
came in heat they decided to breed her to

Radonjic's JUMBO. They took LOLA to Montenegro in Radonjic's yard and they bred her
to JUMBO. He was a white coloured dog with
red spots on his body. But there they saw his
brother GIPSY, who was red with a black mask.
They liked him too and bred LOLA to him
that evening. Next morning they bred LOLA
once more to JUMBO and they went home. 2
months latter the litter was born and most of
the pups were coloured as JUMBO. GIPSY got
killed deadgame in the match vs TOM JR and
Radonjic suggested to them to register that
litter as pups off of JUMBO, they agreed and
that was it.
LOLA earned R.O.M. title with that single
litter where there were GR. CH. CRNOOKI 5W,
CH. BELI 3W, CH. BELA 3W, SARENKO 2W and
SIVI 1D R.O.M.! Those dogs were matched in
top competition and won over many known
dogs and dogmen.
I remember once, 10 years ago, when my
friend E.T. visited me. At that time he owned
Rebel kennels' GR. CH. SAMSON and Rebel
kennels' CH. TURTLE R.O.M. He told me that
he saw Lola's litter when they were around 3
months old. They were very hot and he said
that both, Vlado and Slobo told him - "This
litter will be full of Champions!" I think they
didn't know back then how close to the truth
they were.
From that litter came some of the best
dogs ever:

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GR. CH. CRNOOKI 5W, great match dog


and sire of Zinetti's CH. BLOODY MARY 4W 1L.
CH. BELI 3W, great match winner and top
producer; sire of German Boys & Vladislav's
CH. LEON 3W, Red Bull's CH. ROCKY 3W and
Zelenovic's CH. BUBA 3W IL.
CH. BELA 3W, another great winner and
dam of Bijeljina Boys' CH. CRNOOKA 3W 1L.
SARENKO 2W, deadgame winner R.I.P.
(2:17)
SIVI R.O.M., drawed one at 2 hr 47 min
to prove his gameness, R.O.M. producer who
sired Zelenovic's CH. ARCI 8W IL, Zelenovic's
CH. DZIMI 3W, Zelenovic's CH. BELA 3W IL and
Picasso's CH. SIVI GROM 3W 1L.

BETI, tested female and dam of Tale's Bulisonka R.O.M.


But this is the story about GR. CH. CRNOOKI (his name means "Black Eyed"). He was one
of the best yugoslavian match dogs, he beat
two well known Champions and he won
in 3 different States. His match weight was
20 kg (44 lbs), he was white coloured with
brown spots around his eyes, very similar to
JUMBO. He had a very strong body structure,
hard mouth and lots of power. His first match
was contracted against Prile's SRECKO at 20
kg, Zuca was the referee. CRNOOKI all the
way and everything was over in Vi hour. Well
known dogman Trisic from Serbia and his

lef t:
champion bel a
right:
champion beli

bel a (lef t) and sivi


(right) as pups

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above:
the gre at producer,
sivi ROM

lef t:
sarenko as a pup
right:
another shot of champion beli
opposite:
gr and champion
crnookie

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BRIK were next opponents. Referee of that


match was Boban (Yankee Kennels). At the
first 5 minutes it was even, but then CRNOOKI pulled ahead and was in total control.
BRICK was picked up at 20 min and CRNOOKI
was 2x winner. Championship match was
contracted against Chivas & Srdjan's BILLY,
Trisic was the referee.
BILLY in the chest and shoulders, CRNOOKI changed his style and ride on the ears. This
way was up to 15 min, but then CRNOOKI
hits hard in shoulders and throat. BILLY was
picked up in bad shape at 24 minutes.
CRNOOKI was Champion and both
dogs ran their courtesy scratches. BILLY was
matched again after this, he won one match
and lost one true deadgame, he went all the

way to the end. Next match of CH. CRNOOKI


was in top competition, against another
Champion. This time his opponent was Milan's CH MUGGY, highly regarded 3x winner.
He was sired by Rebel's MUGGS and out of
S.Pop.Sons' CIA R.O.M. (sister to CH. YANKEE),
a black dog. Everybody waited to see which
dog was better, who will win? Contracted
weight was 20,5 kg (45 lbs) and Trisic was the
referee. From start it was even, CRNOOKI in
chest and shoulders, MUGGY rides a head.
At 20 min CRNOOKI was shacking hard on
the shoulders and making good damage.
MUGGY biting hard on the head. CRNOOKI
was bigger and stronger and finally pushed
down MUGGY in the corner and finished his
job. He bit and shook hard the shoulders,
MUGGY cannot get up, both of his shoulders
were disabled. At 42 min Milan picked up his
dog and tried to scratch him. MUGGY made
few steps but his shoulders were weak and
he felt down on the ground where he was
counted out. CH. CRNOOKI scratched hard
for his 4th win. CH MUGGY won 2 more times
after that and lost again his 7th match, so he
is 5x winner and 2x looser. Milan used CH
MUGGY as his stud dog and soon he earned
his R.O.M. title, siring many good dogs such
as CH. MUGGY JR., CH. YELLOW BEAST, CH.
FRITZ...
After that CH. CRNOOKI had a really big
reputation, also he had littermates who were

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Champions and winners, so everybody talked about that phenomenal litter. At that time
in Montenegro there was another great dog
in similar weight, Komany's CH. GIROUX, a 4x
winner and one draw at 2 hr 45 min against
Trisic's SPIKE, who was brother to Boban's
CH. YANKEE. CH. GIROUX won his Championship title by beating the legendary - CH. YANKEE (who was 2x winner then) at 1 hr 08 min.
That win blew reputation of GIROUX high in
the sky. He was a typical defensive dog, he
worked only ears and nose and was very
good doing that, he had a great air and was
a deep game dog. He was sired by Radonjic's GIPSY, who was brother to JUMBO, sire of
CH. CRNOOKI. So, they were halfbrothers in
blood. Match was held in 1995 in Podgorica,
Montenegro and agreed weight was 20,2 kg,
the referee was Trisic. There were more than
500 spectators, bet was huge. CRNOOKI was
21,15 kg, GIROUX under at 19,8 kg. Dogs
started as everyone expected, GIROUX on
head, CRNOOKI in shoulders. CRNOOKI stronger and making big damage. Both get hot, at
20 min first out of hold, GIROUX scratched
fast. But he was down, CRNOOKI punishing
him hard. GIROUX scratched few times really game on his shaky legs. After his scratch
at 57 min Krkeljic picked up his game dog.
This win put CRNOOKI among the "living legends". GR. CH. CRNOOKI died in Bijeljina Boys
yard, at the age of 12 years. q

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THE DUDLEY TERRIER


extinct or still exists today?

Joe Dunns Breed Standard clause faulting a dog


with a dudley nose still exists today. In many respects, this is a great shame, for it excludes a breed
of fighting dog which is a part of Black Country
canine history.
mike homan

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he Dudley Terrier was a strain of fighting dog developed in Englands Black


Country - such dogs had the peculiarity of a light coffee-coloured nose, hence
the term Dudley nose incorporated in many
of todays Breed Standards. Frederick W Hackwood in his book, Old English Sports, says in
the Dog-Fighting chapter: A Dudley variety of
fighting terrier had its organ of smell of a flesh
colour, and not the normal black hue; hence
any dog with this light-coloured kind of snout
is now spoken of as being Dudley nosed.
Evolved in the heart of the Black Country, the Dudley Terrier was a highly desirable
fighting dog, noted for its courage and ferociousness. The breed, which completely
lacked black pigmentation, was held in high

below: Greenwoods Sc arle t, dam of Gr Ch Booker


out of Malone ys Davis and Greenwoods Ms. Holl aday. Note, comple te l ack of bl ack pigmentation,
a char ac teristic of the historic Dudle y Terrier.

above left: homans l ady forever amber. many


of her physical at tributes are reminiscent of the
Old Red Nosed strain of apbt. these colours were
experienced in Staffords, long before the APBT was
introduced to the UK.

esteem, not just in the Dudley area, but also


in America and Ireland. From the 1870s onwards, the breed was exported in great numbers to dog-fighting fanciers across the Irish
Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to the
dog-fighters, American dog lovers took to the
breed. Charles G. Hopton (the Charles Cruft of
American dogdom) gave classes to Dudley
Terriers at the Syracuse Show of 1906.
Many Pit Bull Terrier fanciers of today claim
the breed to be an old Irish Red Nose family strain of fighting dog. Such assertions are
incorrect - the lack of black pigmentation in
many Pit Bulls of today can be attributed to
the Dudley Terrier, a strain of Staffordshire Bull
Terrier now considered unacceptable on the
UK show circuit. q

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