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July 2012 o Sporting Dog Journal
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his month marks a special

double anniversary for the
Sporting Dog Journal! 40
years had passed since Mr. Jack Kelly
put out the first issue of the Sporting Dog Journal in 1972 and its been
two years since I (re) launched the
magazine with its new format as International Sporting Dog Journal in
2010. Some claim that approximately
60 percent of all new magazine ventures fail within their first year...thank
god were already past the second
year aniversary! LOL! Regardless of
obstacles, criticism, or what some
people say, think or do, Im still here.
I had ups and downs as everyone
else does, but at then end of the day,
Im still going, and its my pleasure to
publish this magazine each and every
month. I have to tell you I have met
so many awesome - and a few not so
awesome - people in these past two
years! Absolutely worth it! Speaking
of awesome....
The Sporting Dog Journal is a publication, published solely

for the entertainment value to the reader. Every piece of lit-
On the cover...
erature featured in this magazine is a work of fiction. Names,

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.
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Journal does not in any way encourage, promote, or sanction
God created everything in 5 days,

created man on the 6th day, and rested on the 7th. When Adam asked God
for a dog, God gave him Awesome
Buck
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
explicit written permission of the author of the said material
and the editor. This publication is licensed for your personal
enjoyment only and may not be sold or given away to other
people. Thank you for respecting the authors work.
This months cover features a

real bulldog, not other than the latest Register Of Merit sire, The Chosen Fews CH Awesome Buck ROM.
Some of you might not know this,
but Awesome Buck has six Register
Of Merit points. When bred to The
Chosen Fews Thinker ROM they produced two Grand Champions and
two Champions in one litter, namely,
The Chosen Fews GR CH Chilindrina
BIS, GIS, SDJ BEST FEMALE OF THE

YEAR 2010, The Chosen Fews GR CH
Copperhead BIS, The Chosen Fews
CH Carmela Soprano BIS, GIS and
The Chosen Fews CH King Amok.
My humble assumption is that The
Chosen Few has travelled more than
any other dogman in history! These
four dogs were shown in 9 countries across 3 continents and won in
times between :18 to 2:07 over TOP
competition! A truly awesome litter
huh? There is no doubt that this litter will go down in bulldog history
as one of greatest litters of all times.
I could go on, but youre just a page
turn away from a great write up on
The Chosen Fews CH Awesome
Buck ROM. Please note that all references to competition and winning
in this communication are in regard
to legal, socially acceptable sporting
activities. By the way, I do not any
illegal activity, but I cant and wont
deny the history of the breed and
Im strongly and firmly, against all
content-based restrictions imposed
on books or magazines. Part of being a free society means that we are
sometimes going to see things we
do not agree with. What if theyll
ban The Origin of Species by Charles
Darwin because some people dont
agree on evolution? This is blind stupidity on an epic scale...
I do not want to make this editorial any longer than it needs to be so
lets wrap this up and wish a happy
88th birthday to Mr. Jack Kelly. I hope
there are many more to come!
Yours Truly,
L.C.
o www.sportingdogjournal.info
Sporting Dog Journal o July 2012
The Chosen Fews Ch Awesome Buck ROM

the story of a truly awesome dog...
I am a writer with a vivid imagination. I have had

many conversations about a legend called Awesome Buck. I have received bits and pieces of the
story over time from different sources. People
that said they seen him. People that said they
lost to him. So as I drink a complete bottle of the
hardest vodka I let my fingers run loose. I just
hope I can finish the story before I pass out. I am
not sure if the stories are truth or are all made up,
yet as a good writer of fiction I will make you, the
reader think that this is a true story and not just a
fairy tale. Here I go...
The Chosen Few
above:
AWESOME BUCK, ONE OF
THE GREAT S OF MODERN
DAYS
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nce upon a time, a long time ago,

I was talking to a man and he told
me this story. It all started with his
mother Cheyenne ROM 2xw 1xGL. She was
an amazing dog with great qualities that I
look for in my dogs today. I had the opportunity to breed her to Gr. Ch. Barracuda, Ch. 600
and many other greats of that time for free.
Yet she was too special and I wasnt looking
for just some good bulldog. I was looking for
the best of the best I had seen.
I always had an incredible curiosity to
know how the pups of Gr. Ch. Mayday and
Blondie would be. I only found out when I
saw Macho 1xw for the first time. I had to see
him pull with one of my own dogs. I found

out quickly that Macho 1xW was an amazing
dog in every way possible.
I chose to breed my Cheyenne to him on
her next heat as I had missed a few of her
heats. From the start the entire litter was just
AWESOME! I named it the Awesome Litter. I
started with, Awesome Buck, and named the
others Awesome Dolly, Awesome Bull, Awesome Crash, Awesome Cody, and Awesome
Blondie.
Awesome Buck was the pick of the litter. He had everything I loved of his mother
including the fire, and all the great characteristics of his dad. He kept on growing and
becoming a bigger and hotter dog. He was
just pure fun to have around. Awesome Buck
is not to be confused with Ch. Buck Rogers, a
brindle dog whose name got later changed
to Gr. Ch Awesome Buck. The dog of this
story is Awesome Buck ROM, the deep game
dog.
Awesome Buck went into real top competition. He started out by beating 2 different 2x winning dogs. He then beat a champion. Fourth time out he beat a 4xW champion
and finally going into another champion. He
travel led to them. He was the smaller dog 2
times. He never made a turn, or never took a
count, he never looked around, and he never stood out of hold. He always screamed
during all his scratches, and flew across the
weight pulling tracks even when he was in
bad shape. He collected 3 forfeits and one
forfeit was never paid to him. The day that
Bones killed 2xw Diablo the other side,
who owned the 2xw Split Ears just cowboy
walked away right at the scales and never
paid their forfeit. I offered them to do it for
a pack of cigarettes, and I do not smoke. I offered to do it if I lose I pay, if you lose you
can send me the money on payments. The
replay was, Son get your dog and get on out
of here before we KKK hang you from a tree.

It was a long trip and we were out numbered
by some 50 guys.
Awesome Buck went to win 4 great
weight pulls from some of the best of his
times. On his last show he came in under
weight at 49 pounds, his contract was 51.
Yet he was happy to be there, and as always
screaming like a wild animal to get to action.
Some times other peoples biggest achievements are to win or lose into us.
He lost very game into a bigger dog that
got a lucky on freak shot that night. Ch.
Wrangler was a monster that day and won
BIS, well deserved. Awesome Buck won
GIS. The same day we had a 7 cards show,
and a few famous dogs were on display as
well; LCKs Gr. Ch. Chucky, Ch Bully Boy Bob,
Ch Macho Jr., Gr. Ch. Bo, and Ch. Stuffy. We
made two champions that night, and lost
deep game into Gr. Ch. Chucky with our 2xW
Called Mr. Bulldog. We won making champion with his littermate brother Ch. Stuffy.
We paid back LCK by winning with our dick
dog, also sired by Macho 1xW, half brother to
Awesome Buck, Ch. Macho Jr. Good level of
competition, good solid dogmen on hand.
We took the trip to those city boys, while
some people go bananas travelling a few
miles with one or two dogs the Chosen Few,
the few but daring, travel with a pack. We
did this many times from north to south and
from west to east; low key, no Pedigrees Online, or forums, no nothing, straight up bulldogging.
Many happy haters never get the facts
straight and during their gossiping they
have said that Awesome Buck quit that day,
yet in fact he was GIS and unfortunately Ch.
Wrangler was the one who later on quit at
another show.
Many times people said that a dog can
only go so many times into deep waters and
then he may quit. However Awesome Buck
shown gameness in all his shows except the
first one where he just demolished his opponent. Awesome Buck has more than once
shown so much deep gameness that if an-
other person would have done the aftercare

he would be dead game. He and Chilindrina
have shown as close to dead game as a live
dog can be.
He took on the best of his times. He was
ducked by many super stars. He over came
all odds. He is a credit to the breed and now
honoured by this magazine with his official
ROM title. He made ROM in a global way.
Not just a ROM of the neighborhood, or the
one country, He did not have the help of a
thousand dogmen, or doggers. Awesome
Buck makes ROM with one litter!! Take that
for percentages. He was done strictly by THE
CHOSEN FEW!
ABOVE:
the gre at GR AND CHAMPION MAYDAY, gr andsire
of awesome buck
below:
macho a.k. a. ronin,
sire of awesome buck.
macho is out of mayday
and scks blondie
above:
che yenne and macho,
the parent s of some
awesome dogs: Awesome
Buck, Awesome Dolly,
Awesome Bull, Awesome
Crash, Awesome Cody,
and Awesome Blondie.
below:
another good shot of
buck
Awesome Buck was not breed a lot,

and we always tried to keep him as private
as possible. He was bred just a hand full of
times as was his dad before him. Still he produced winners, awesome winners.
With Chiquita he produced Crazy Buck
1xW, who won with worn out teeth at 7 years
old. He is one of my best producers. He puts
pups on the ground that act as his father did.
Awesome Buck also produced a 2xW
in Asia when bred to Alondra, yet the true
magic was made when he was breed to The
Chosen Few ( DRK) `s Thinker ROM. Desert
Rat gets all the credit for breeding Thinker.
Our Chosen Few are credited for the breeding to Awesome Buck and for the hard work
with the offspring.
Each of these dogs has amazing merits

never accomplished by the breed before.
In time I will write about Thinker. I will write
about the amazing Ch. Carmela Soprano 4xW,
1xGL (Who won into a champion 4xW, and
stayed in the pit to face a Gr. Ch. back to back,
just to be picked up game). I will write about
Gr. Ch. Copperhead 5xw, Ch. King Amok, Gr.
Ch. Chilindrina, and Awesome Molly 1xW. All
these dogs from Awesome Buck are like little
clones of him; screamers, exceptional animals
who are relentless workers. I know good dogmen that wait all their lives to have one dog
like this, and they never come. Yet we are
lucky and blessed as we have many.
Weve bred litters with multiple winners
such as the 357 Jr. x Saratoga ROM breeding
where we produced aces like Gr. Ch. Sarabell
BIS, or Hole Shot 1xW BIS. We are truly lucky
and blessed!! It is them that make it happen.
These dogs have won merit after merit, they
have made historical achievements backed
by top flight dogmen. But I will not spoil their
turn in history, as this story is only about Awesome Buck.
His awesome offspring and the great
Thinker ROM will be spoken of another time!!
I have to save some space to thank those
great people who really made it possible for
us and Awesome Buck.
My thanks as always go to God for Cheyenne, to Southern Kennels Victor for breeding
Macho 1xw, to my son who stood by me every time with Awesome Buck. To my brother
Walkie the Black Cowboy for staying with me
in a selfless way, a man that when I was broke
and I was eating dog food, he helped me feed
the yard, and never tried to hold that against
me, betting the house on us when he hardly
knew us.
To my friends The Crazy Boriqua from GA,
Kenny G, The Dr (Giza), and The Forest man
H&M( Forest Man-Matanza) who trusts us every time, to my friend El Che for always being there for us, to my Philippino friend who
stood by him during hard times, you know
who you are. You took Awesome Buck into
your house, he and I will always be grateful
for that. To the opponents who were

honest for giving us the chance to
show, to my solid wife who stood by
me and Awesome Bucks kids every
time. We seen those crazy shot gun
dogs, show what bulldogs are all
about!
Awesome Buck blood is like pink
diamonds, is not available on forums,
nor sold by the Wall Street puppy
peddlers of today. A good dogman
keeps his treasures for himself. Not
to be shared with all others. For those
who seen him, trust me you are
blessed.
To those who offered me big
money for his pups I always say no.
Awsome Buck will not be stained by
being peddled.
To those who betrayed us, we are
glad you did! Its always about The
Chosen Few. An ex-dick rider told me
the other day. Gee you are lucky to
have so many great dogs get in to
your hands!
Well I breed them, that is how
lucky I am!! I condition them, and care
for them; yes indeed I am very lucky!!
Awesome Bucks grandkids have
shown so far to also be fast lane bulldogs. Ch. Gasolina being an example
of the continuing quality of this blood.
Coming out soon: Micky Mac,
El Cangry, Yagui Maky, Ernest Buck,
Amok Buck, Bag Man, Bumpy Johnson, Gargantera, Wonder Boy, DMV,
Mandibula, Hurricane Carter, La Otra,
Veneno, Sergeant Winters, Bolanta,
Rafaelito, Rotativo Titroso, Tego Calde,
Golden Dick, El Oso Manoso, etc. q
I am ready to lose, I am afraid of
not finding good men whiling to put
up a SOLID forfeit
The Chosen Few
Written always with open weights
I am NOT a dogman.
MACHOBUCK vs AWESOME BUCK
AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF MR.CLEAN
I had the opportunity to see Awesome Buck a handful of times out side
the box, and he was truly AWESOME.. The first time I saw Awesome Buck was
at an AADR show outside of San Antonio, TX. He was screaming in the show
ring displaying his dominance and confidence. This amazing specimen had
the confirmation to allow him to compete in the fast lane. Awesome buck was
later awarded best in show by B.Bailey that day.
Months had pasted and feud was brewing between the Awesome Buck
and Macho Buck camp. Both were claiming to have the best at 51 lbs. After
much debating back and forth they were never hooked. Except for one raining day in the South East Texas area at an AADR weight pull. The event was
being held in J.W. backyard. However, many spectators couldnt weather the
storm and left due to the rain conditions. The moment had finally come to see
Awesome Buck and Macho Buck compete on the weight pull track. They both
met at the scale Awesome Buck was clearly the smaller dog which it came in
at 51, Macho Buck the bigger dog came in at 55 pounds and then on the track.
Both dogs were pulling an unreal amount of weight In the flash flood
storm conditions. It was an amazing display the two cousins were back to back.
Awesome Buck was the craizer of the two.
Its like the dogs were talking to each other as they were screaming back
and forth, pulling and stretching their bodies across the weight pull track.
Awesome Buck was being couched by a Little Boy Chico Junior , he was using
an umbrella as a toy. Macho Buck was being couched by Dtwon and Atown,
on the last pulls Macho Buck got a bit distracted , and they used instead of the
toy, they switch to KFC fried Chicken. On the regular rules that was a disqualifier, yet this was a fun show, and what a fun show that was. All the expectators
got a legal displayed of two of the best reknown dogs of their era. There were
two big identical trophies. One read Most weight pull, and The other one read
Most weight pull per body weight.
Machobuck ended up winning the most weight pull by one brick, Awesome Buck got Most weight pulled by body weight. Awesome Buck let the
track with blood on his paws , screaming. He had pulled so hard that he peeled
his paws. Both astonishing looking animal. Above the pack.
Anyways, the memory that I remise often about Awesome Buck are the
characteristics he displayed. Something we all look in life, that bulldog, that
Rudy, that Rocky Balboa, never giving up, screaming and demanding more! In
closing, Theodore Roosevelt once said The credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena; whose face is marred by sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort
without error and shortcoming; who knows the greats enthusiasms, the great
devotion, spend himself on a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the
triumph...never tasted victory or defeat.
Mr. Clean - June 2012
MYTH
BUSTING
challenging some of the myths
One of the few advantages of geezerhood is that
by the time you reach that status, you have had
a lot of time to learn. The challenge is in the
remembering! During my 80 plus years of life,
Ive heard a lot of erroneous things about these
dogsand Im not talking about public perception now. After all, during most of my life, these
dogs were but little known. It has only been in
the last few decades that the breed has come into
prominenceeven though the public conception
of the breed is almost completely wrong! No, Im
talking about some commonly held beliefs that
are often promulgated by fanciers, some of them
long time breeders.
richard f. stratton
00 Myth One
The Bulldog is quite independent and can change
owners easier than other breeds.
I must confess to a little bias here, as I never
liked that idea, as it made our breed seem disloyal as compared to all the other breeds. But
just the fact that I didnt like it didnt mean it
right:
richard stratton
throwing the ball for
hoover while isa ac
waits his turn. unlike
most other bulldog
males, hoover and isa ac
get alond, and contrary
to common opinion,
that doesnt mean that
they arent game
wasnt true. However, I am curious by nature,

so Ive paid attention to other breeds. Some
Bulldog people and Staf people actually liked
the idea because it indicated the breed was
self-reliant, not dependent on people, but I
never saw it that way.
I think the problem here is that the observers were comparing kennel dogs with house
pets. House dogs get quite attached to their
owners, but they will adapt to new owners,
albeit with difficultybut probably not the
difficulty that their owners would anticipate!
Kennel dogs are something else. Sure, theyll
get upset if you move them from one chain to
another on your own place, as dogs are creatures of habit, too, but they soon adjust. And
that is the way it is if they are transferred to
someone else who keeps them in that way.
Unlike a lot of Bulldog people, I have studied other breeds, too, and I have noticed that
other breeds kept as kennel dogs react in
much the same way. If they are transferred
to a different kennel, they soon adjust. What
breeds are kept as kennel dogs? Well, besides
our breed, there are show breeds (which includes nearly all breeds), and nearly all show
dog breeders have kennel runs for their dogs.
Show owners can be self righteous about
chains, as they dont want to use them, as they

leave marks in the coat that would be conspicuous during a show. But then, they use
choke chains, which a Bulldog owner would
never think of doing. At least, most of them.
Retrievers, hounds, sled dogs, and Border
Collies are also kept on chains or in kennels,
and I have noticed that none of these dogs
ever seem to have trouble adjusting to a
change of owners as long as there is a similar setup and routine. Usually these dogs are
worked, too, and that and chow time is the
highlight of the day for them! The same is
true of Bulldogs. Thats why we have treadmills and other exercise equipment.
In any case, I have found that this myth is
just that, erroneous and absolute hogwash.
The point is to compare them with other dogs
of like circumstances. A Bulldog kept as a pet
in a home is going to have the same problem
adjusting as any other breed.
00 Myth Two
Bulldog mothers can often be bad mothers, killing
their pups, because of their having been bred for fighting for so long.
Again, this is just a matter of comparing Bulldogs with other breeds. One of the
problems here, though, is that Bulldogs tend
to have a rougher mouth than other breeds.
All mother dogs will occasionally snap at the
pups when they get their milk teeth. Thats
because those milk teeth are quite sharp, and
their function may be to encourage mothers to begin weaning the pups, as they cause
pain to the mother when they try to nurse.
Sometimes puppy deaths are from the owners not starting the pups on supplemental
food quickly enough. In any case, they are
rare with Bulldogs and certainly no more
common than with other breeds.
I think one of the reasons for the belief is
that since a fighting dog can be intense and
merciless, there would be a carry over to the
mothers of puppiesbut that is a false analogy. Would we expect the lioness to be a poor
mother to her cubs? Certainly, she can be
fierce in protecting her territory and intense
in her chase and kill of prey, but that behavior

doesnt carry over to her tender ministrations
to her young. So it is with Bulldog mothers.
There are other mothering problems, too,
and often those are much more common in
toy breeds, for example, than in Bulldogs. Im
thinking here of the mothers that dont do the
regular maintenance of the pups, licking the
rear ends of the pups to encourage elimination, thereby keeping the nest clean.
In all my years of breeding Bulldogs, I
only had one that was a real problem mother. That was Mickey, a daughter of Going
Light Barney. I got to go through the delights of pup rearing twice with her, as I
had bought her from McCaw when she was
pregnant from some cur dog that had somehow got to her. The fact is that she was an
excellent mother, so good and so taken with
her pups that she over mothered them. She
licked them continuously until a sore would
develop. Then she would lick the sore until
it became a wound, and the wound until it
became fatal. Once the pup was dead, she
consumed it, as that is the canine instinct to
keep the nest clean.
Because of all of this, Mickey had to be
kept out on the chain and brought into the
garage several times a day. That was her delight, and she was very unhappy being away
from her pups, and I had the distasteful task of
going out at night and quieting her down, as
she would whine and cry for her pups.
above:
piggy as a proud mom
with her puppies.
Mickeys over mothering was certainly

defective behavior, and I wouldnt want to
pass that along in the breed. None of her
progeny that I knew of ever showed those
same tendencies, but it could have turned up
again some place down the line.
00 Myth Three
below:
any bulldog will be
fine with a c at if it is
r aised with it
Bulldogs are anti-social animals and cant be friends

with other dogs.
I would have believed this myself many
decades ago. But dogs are social animals, and
even Bulldogs, after their thousands of generations of selection for fighting prowess, have a
need for friendship with other dogs. That may
be hard to believe, as the fighting instinct is so
strong that even puppies sometimes have to be
separated. However, the early starters seem to
be no more likely to be game than the ones that
dont start until the normal age of around 18
months, with some great pit dogs (Dibo, for example) not starting until they were three years
of age or older.
Usually, Bulldogs will be friends with dogs
other than Bulldogs. Sometimes it can be
amusing, as a big rough Bulldog that could lick
his weight in wildcats can be subservient to
little yappy Yorkshire Terriers that he was raised
with from puppy stage. It can be amusing, as
the Bulldog could pick one of the little dogs up
and end its life in one shake, but it is all a part
of canine psychology, of which even Bulldogs
are not immune. I dont see that as a bad thing
really. I saw a recent example the other day. A
long-time friend wanted a game-bred dog for

a pet, but his wife had a Cairns Terrier, a breed
about the size of a Pekinese. He was worried
that a game-bred dog might kill his wifes dog,
and I assured him that he would not if they were
raised together. A few weeks ago, he brought
him by, along with his wife and her dog. His wife
was so impressed that a dog like her husbands
could be so gentle and play so well with her
baby. That certainly changed her opinion of
the breed, originally a bad one, of course, since
it had been molded by various media accounts.
Naturally, her husband has to keep his dog on a
leash around strange dogs. That is understandable, as countless fighting ancestors are not to
be denied their effect on this descendant. That
is not to say that all game-bred dogs are aggressive to strange dogs. Some can remain friendly
along as there is no confrontation. That, too,
was true of some great pit dogs. The great Rascal and his son Rebel were on the bed of a hotel
roommuch to the surprise of visitors!a day
before winning matches at a big convention
back in the 50s.
I must confess that there was a time that I
wanted to think of the dogs as fire-breathing
dragons, but I came to love the breed for things
other than its incredible abilities as the canine
gladiator nonpareil. Amazingly, one of the characteristics that was so charming about the breed
was its good disposition. That applies mostly to
people, but with the animals it is friendly with,
it applies in those cases, too. One of the reasons the breed can be aggressive with animals
other than dogs is because of its long history as
a hunting breed and its use in catch work with
rough stock. In spite of that history, though, a
number of individuals dont have a strong prey
drive and arent aggressive toward animals other
than strange dogs.
There are many other myths about the
breed, but these three were the ones I wanted
to get off my chest in this particular instance.
The fact is that I really dont want the breed to
be popular (too late on that score!), but I would
like for it to be appreciated and understood for
the truly special animal that it is. That is the only
reason for challenging some of the myths. q
6 RULES OF SUCCESS
to reach maximum potential
need it and getting the people that need it

to apply it.
My take on successfully raising dogs is
not rocket science. They are simple, timetested, no nonsense habits that when implemented will help put you on your way to
developing the ultimate American Pit Bull
Terrier.
Socialization - Properly socializing your dogs is critical to their

development. A socialized dog
will be confident at all times. Nothing fazes
them. The earlier you begin socializing your
dog the better. Socialization shouldnt stop
once a dog reaches a certain age. It should
be a lifelong endeavor.
The goal of every dog owner should be to help

their dogs reach their maximum potential. To
quote Captain Max von Stephanitz, The breeder can indeed lay the foundations of a good and
serviceable dog but the trainer must see to it that
he brings to their highest possible development,
the physical and mental foundations already laid
and thus his is the more grateful task. Too many
times I see dog owners who seem to do everything possible to put their dogs at a disadvantage.
One of the things that amaze me about the American Pit Bull Terrier is their ability to overcome all
odds. Yet, just because this breed is extremely
tough and resilient, it does not give us the right
to be lazy and expect our dogs to overcome our
failures as dog owners.
andy/canine athletes
above:
ste adfast, a double
gr anddaughter of bos
Nasty out of RCKS
CHAMP and RCKs KELLY
11
onflicting advice is everywhere.

Everyone you ask has their own
ways of doing things, so much
so you wonder if anyone knows what they
are talking about. Why does one expert
suggest one thing while another tries to
debunk it? Thanks to the internet we have
more information at our fingertips than at
any other time in history, yet it seems like
we are more confused than ever. Its not a
lack of information that we are missing, its
getting this information to the people who
House your dogs like Olympic

Athletes If you expect Olympic
performance out of your dogs,
then treat them like Olympic athletes. They
should have clean living quarters at all times.
Plenty of living space; not stuffed in a crate
for most of the day; not tied to a 4 ft chain
or stuck in a tiny kennel all day. These are
athletic dogs that need long chains, large
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Schoolboys Mr. Rowdy

the complete package...
Greeting Fellow Fanciers! The editor of the SDJ

has graciously allowed me to share my experience with you through the pages of the magazine.
I hope you enjoy my writing. To set the stage Mr.
Rowdy was a 2x winner sired by my Big Red out
of my Sissy female. He lost his 3rdbout in 2 hours
and 31 minutes in what I considered to be a classic matchup. The other players in this story are
my wife Angie, my son Richie, and my daughter
Lee. Anyone else mentioned here is either no longer with us or is no longer active and all of these
events occurred during the last century.
schoolboy
above:
the grE at mr.rowdy
posing for the c amer a
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ll just come right out and say it. Mr.

Rowdy was my favorite dog. Im sorry
Big Red, sorry champion Bill and Sissy.
Sorry Clayton Blood. In my most personal and
biased opinion Mr. Rowdy was the complete
package.
You could say he was everyone elses too.
Dunlavy, my Cousin, Country Boy, OTK, RW
and Scratch and Stitch.They all admired him
greatly, not to mention Angie and Lee.
In Richies opinion he was the pick of the
litter. As far as Lee was concerned he was her
dog. But as far as Angie was concerned Mr.
Rowdy was her baby. He knew that Angie, not
Sissy, was her mama because shes the one

who raised him and cared for him.
Although he may have been a 37 pound
uncontrollable ball of fire, he was her baby
nonetheless. He rarely misbehaved with
her and would have given his life for her, no
doubt. Dont get me wrong, he was by no
means a well-behaved little schoolboy. Its
just the two of them had a unique relationship together and they understood each other very well. Sometimes Mr. Rowdy exploited
that understanding.
After Mr. Rowdys loss to Clorox, Pit Town
rushed to get him stabilized. He was unconscious but they were like a M.A.S.H. unit as
they hooked up his fluids, covered him with a
blanket and rubbed his body to warm him up
all while speaking encouraging words to him.
Come on Rowdy, Wake up Rowdy, and Hey
Rowdy. Anything to get him to come around,
which he did after a few minutes. In the back
of my mind I was thinking since Angie had
spoiled him so muchhe wasnt going to dieand miss all the attention.
Angie stood close by watching silently. After a long pause she stepped up to where Mr.
Rowdy could see her and said to him Get better so we can go home. She waited patiently
watching as Pit Town did their thing, not saying another word but she stood where Mr.
Rowdy could see her until they were through.
R Williams invited us again to stay the
night at his home and we were much obliged.
I know the long rest would benefit Mr. Rowdy
immensely. Plus, I was tired, Mr. Rowdy was
tired, R Williams was tired..Not Angie.
Now, being the type of host that he was
R Williams had everything already set up for
us food, beverages. Our own bedroom, with
our own bed in it and a warm spot in the front
room for Mr. Rowdy to recuperate in. These
thoughts went through my mind
Angie will get Mr. Rowdy comfortable
while R Williams and I talk about what the hell
just happened. Then well eat and drink, talk
a little more and finally go to sleep. Thats almost what happened.
After we were through winding down
form Mr. Rowdys ordeal Angie went back

over to where Mr. Rowdy was resting and sat
down beside him. I was dead tired so I immediately followed right behind her and said, Ok
Babe, Mr. Rowdy is fine, hes going to make it,
lets go to bed.
I remember at the time I spoke these
words neither Angie nor Mr. Rowdy was looking at me, because they were too busy looking at each other. Without taking her eyes off
of Mr. Rowdy she answered OK, and lay down
on the floor next to him, face to face, noses
almost touching. He loved every minute of it.
Thinking quickly I said to Angie Hey babe, we
can go to sleep in the same bed that we slept
in last night, and I said We can leave the door
open, so you can hear if Mr. Rowdy wakes up,
so you can go check on him right away. And,
theres a nightlight on next to Mr. Rowdy so
you can look at him through the open doorway of the bedroom anytime you feel like it.
Our room was only 10 feet from where Mr.
Rowdy was recuperating, Angie answered,
Thank you, almost as if she was dismissing
me and didnt budge.
So I laid down next to her, sort of. She
stayed in the same position facing Mr. Rowdy
all night long and I eventually drifted off to
sleep. Well, you know some Bulldogs.
On and off during the night I was awakened by the sounds of Mr. Rowdy fussing
with his IV or pulling at the tape around his
leg with his teeth. Then I would hear Angie
console him. Its ok, mommas here, or no
baby youre going to hurt yourself let me do
it. Mostly she just stroked his face or laid her
arm across his body.
Angie and I both fell unconscious at some
point, because when we awoke in the morning Mr. Rowdy was already awake and had removed the IV line, needle and tape from his
own leg. Angie half-heartedly chastised him
and tried to hook him back up. He didnt want
her to, so she didnt force him to. R Williams
gave his best also. We gave up, loaded up and
made it back home safe and sound later that
evening. It didnt dawn on me till later that as
soon as Mr. Rowdy left that pit Angie didnt
leave his side till we were back home. That

was Angie. She loved that little red dog.
He was so ugly, he was pretty, and I believe his personality brought that out in him.
One time Angie was reminiscing about Mr.
Rowdy and said to our gathered family, He
was funny looking, He was limpy, but he was
always the same happy dog.
Mr. Rowdy had this electricity that ran the
entire length of his body. He reminded me a
lot of Ronnie, always looking for trouble. Even
if he was laying down resting, as soon as his
dander was up he would bolt from his position with his eyes wide open, screaming like
a wildcat and attack whatever animal it was
that got him riled up in the first place.
Dust would kick up, spit would fly and his
eyes would turn blood red. Just as suddenly
he would hit the end of his chain running,
which would stop his attack. I loved his spirit
but as he matured I learned to admire his kill
or be killed nature. Ronnie had this trait. So did
the Irish Kids Little Buck. Also especially Kids
Hank dog. I really appreciated the attitude,
so I encouraged all of this behavior because
I wanted to bring out the best in Mr. Rowdy.
I favored him. I spent a lot of time with
him. I made him and Mr. Rowdy reciprocated this to me. When I conditioned him for a
match his keep went flawlessly. He did what
I told him to do and he was the perfect type
of dog to handle, working in perfect harmony
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schoolboys big red, a
gre at dog himself and
a wonderful producer
of quality dogs
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above:
SCHOOLBOYS SISSY, dam
of mr.rowdy, out of
crenshaw s ch jeep rom
and garre tts bl ackie
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until the job was done. Mr. Rowdy has this

penchant for punching me in the nose with
his forehead, though..and he did it on purpose.
I was always physical with my dogs. I did
anything that I thought would help them in
the pit. Performance was the main staple of
my breeding program, so from the time my
dogs were weaned they were exercised regularly.The kids would run loose with the pups
in the orchards that surrounded our property, regardless of the time of year or what
the weather was like. Rain or shine my kids
would be out on some adventure with their
pups almost daily.After they grew some it was
teaching the young dogs to work a lead then
eventually a bike and finally a harness.
Then, from the time they were a year old
I walked them on and off using the same
methods I used during a keep except for the
baiting part of the workout, which I waited
until the dogs were near two years old to begin that exercise.
My dogs were healthy, fit and always
ready to go. I had the dogs; I had the time, the
space, and the help. It made sense to match
them. But Mr. Rowdy, like Ronnie, was a little
different. He was smart, but he had attitude.
He loved a challenge, even from me. He was
in love with Angie and my kids could do no
wrong by him. He pretty much did whatever
he wanted even though he was raised to be
an all-around dog. Good in the pit, good with

the family. Once he understood something
he never forgot it and if Mr. Rowdy could be
summed up in one word that word would be
driven.
I taught Mr. Rowdy to jump on and off his
dog house, just like I did with all my dogs but
he made an art of the exercise. He would jump
on his house then off, hit the ground with all
four feet then jump up into my arms where I
would catch him and toss him up in the air so
he could land on his feet again, make a short
run just to repeat the action all over again, all
while being hooked up on the chain. Once
he got himself warmed up the routine ceased
and it was anything goes. He would be up,
down and all around his 6 ft. area, sometimes
jumping from his house onto my backthen
ricocheting off of me only to land on the
ground, so he could run around in a circle to
build up speed, afterwhichhe would spring
over the top of his doghouse and slide to a
stop.The kids would watch Mr. Rowdy do this
all day long.
At some point during this course of this
chaos I would have to remove myself to the
outside of his chain area to avoid the onslaught. After coming to a complete stop he
would immediately challenge me to rejoin
him by barking at me and kicking up dust.
He would do this activity for hours if I let him
and it greatly contributed to him being able
to given up 2lbs and fighting for so long a period of time.
The punching in the face began one day
when I was ignoring him. I dont remember
the circumstances and at the time I certainly
wasnt conscious of the fact that I was ignoring him, but suffice it to say my mind was
somewhere else.I was still on top of his doghouse with him sitting next to me. I guess I
wasnt paying attention to him and he let me
know it. BAM!!!! He butted me right in the
face and jaw. It hurt and as I angrily faced him
he looked at me and smiled.Thats something
that Jeep dogs do they lift their upper lip and
grin, and Mr. Rowdy was no different, but the
look on his face said Hey, pay attention to me.
His grin cooled my anger and from that day

on he punched me on purpose, by accident
or for a specific reason, his reason. I learned to
live with it and also learned to move my head
out of the way when he was trying to sock me
and maybe thats what he was trying to teach
me all along and why not? He was good at it.
Once it all came together (and this was
after only 3 schooling rolls) Mr. Rowdy had
it in his mind that he was going to take the
heart away from his opponent, and enjoy doing it. He learned to use head faints and draw
his opponent off balance and then counter
with his own hold all while on the attack.
His moves were calculated and exact and he
didnt waste himself with unnecessary movement. It worked perfectly against Wino. He repeatedly drew Wino in with a head faint then
he would counter Winos move and grab his
target. Then wreck it. My dogs learned to pick
their shots and Mr. Rowdy became an expert
at it. He took out one side of Winos body and
wrecked it then he moved to the other side
of Winos body and did the same thing before
going up the middle and attacking his chest
again and again. Smart? Yes, Evil? A little bit.
After witnessing the little red beast in action you couldnt help but be humbled by his
gentle nature when he was around my family.
He wouldnt jump on my kids or scratch them
with his paws from excitement. Nor would he
knock them down or get them tangled up in
his chain. He was careful not to hurt them in
any way and he was reverent with Angie. With
me he was different.
When we stepped into the pit to wait
for Clorox, Mr. Rowdy continued kicking and
screaming and clawing to try and to free
himself from my arms. He was twisting and
turning and pulling at me with his feet to get
away, but never tried to bite me. He was a nutcase but he wasnt stupid, he wanted to bite
Clorox.
Picture this: a pointy black nose with slanty
eyes and a sloped forehead. Bat ears, bowlegs
and a long body with a roach back. His rear
end dropped off dramatically and ended with
a rat tail splayed front feet, long rear legs and a
skinny waist. He was ugly but it was beautiful

watching him preform.
Now imagine this: pure muscle and bone.
His jaws, his head, even his toes and tail rock
hard. He had sinews of muscle traveling across
that long body and roach back of his and his
shoulders and stifles had muscles on top of
muscle, kinda like little knots of wood. When
you held him in your arms you could feel his
body trembling with excitement and his eyes
would burn. He was very comfortable in the
pit because he learned what the pit was for
and he made sure you knew he knew it too.
After all the fighting was done with and
the excitement was over with Mr. Rowdy
would eventually return to his chain area outside the front of our house to finish the recuperation process. After he was all heated up
one of my daughters would eventually dress
him up in a childs bonnet and commence to
having a tea party with him, after which she
would paint his toenails, usually pink. Im sure
he didnt like wearing the bonnet or having
his nails painted but he tolerated my girls because he loved them and loved them most
when they brought things to the so called
party to share, especially food.
While putting him through his keep for
the Clorox match I fed him what I would normally feed a 40lb dog and he was a natural 37.
He came in at 38 . He was such an excellent
worker, a natural, like Ch. Bullshit, that he just
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SCHOOLBOYS howler, a
t wo timer out of champion bill and schoolboys miss rowdy
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burned it off by being so active. I got

him up to 8 miles of road work and
4 miles of baiting with only 1 month
of hard work. His peak workouts were
3 hours long and he had one day a
week to rest.
He was an easy traveler also. He
would lie down in the crate placed
anywhere in the vehicle, and when
you arrived at your destination he
would be almost as fresh as when you
departed. The type of road didnt matter to him nor any other factors that
might hamper a dogs performance,
after 7 hours of driving. He was a happy passenger.
But after putting him through
his 3rd keep he couldnt wait for the
fight to begin so when I, Angie and
Mr. Rowdy arrived the day before the
match he didnt know the difference
and expected to fight that night. After emptying out that evening he was
ready to go. He waited for it but we
still had 24 hours before pit time. My
dogs last feed before a match was
approximately 24 hours before the
fight and I would give them fluids
mixed with a supplement an hour
before the weigh in.
Mr. Rowdy was restless the whole
night, even after being fed. When we
woke the next morning he realized
the fight wasnt happening, so he was
pissed off the whole day. That evening
of the fight I emptied him out at R Williams place, told him it was time now
and he understood, which settled
him down a bit. We still had another
half hour drive partly down mountain
roads before arriving at pitsite.
Once we got there, I took Mr.
Rowdy out of his crate to walk him
out one last time, but once he saw
the crowd in the building through the
open doorway he nutted up. Instead
of eagerly waiting for the fight to begin while going through the familiar
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weigh in and wash he wanted to fight

now. He began kicking and screaming as he pulled against the lead while
heading straight for the building. I
went ahead and picked him up so I
could control him better in my arms,
but that didnt matter, he fought me
too. He fought the entire weigh-in.
madness. I lost the toss and had to
wash first. He soaked me and Clorox
second. That was a nightmare. Then
we had to wait in the pit while Clorox
was being washed and that was the
worst of all.
I got to be pretty good at handling
these crazy dogs. I taught myself how
to hold onto them without losing my
balance, or losing control of them.
None ever got away from me but Mr.
Rowdy was the worst, and I loved him
for it. My technique for handling a dog
before pitting them was to hold them
by the skin on the left side of their neck
with my left hand and then lift them
up by their body, with my right hand
placed in between their front legs
while holding their chest, so I could
set them on my right hip for balance.
By holding a dog in this manner he is
secure and facing forward.
Mr. Rowdy was facing forward and
backward, sideways and upside down
at times. He was up, down and all
around so much so that he almost got
away from me more than once. During all this prefight hoopla I didnt say a
word to Mr. Rowdy, I felt it was my job
to remain calm, control my breathing
and be ready to start. Then I square my
dog up, make sure all fours are planted, wait for the signal to release, and
then let him go. Speaking to Mr. Rowdy wouldnt have helped at this point.
He wasnt that kind of dog. There was
no reasoning with him and any prefight words would have amped him
up even more. I was there to match
dogs, Mr. Rowdy was there to kill and
honestly, both of us were enjoying every minute of it.

In my mind all the waiting did was
incite Mr. Rowdy more then he already
was and in his mind all he was going
to do was take it out on his opponent. Irregardless of what a super dog
I thought he was Clorox was too big
for him. Mr. Rowdy wasted a lot of energy before the match, but he made
a great fight at 2 hours 31 minutes.
Ive been told by many dogmen that
a game dog has the will to live after a
hard fight. I wont argue the point but
I believe Mr. Rowdy survived because
Angie told him not to die. He was only
able to go through all of this and stay
alive because of his unwillingness to
surrender and his killer attitude. Believe me, after he recuperated her
wanted to fight again. Feed. Keep.
Match. He wanted to do it all.
I love critiquing dog fights, especially my own. I like to keep the facts
straight for historys sake and for my
own sake as well. Ive been called The
fairest guy I know, by OTK. It was a
great compliment. A lot of dog men
werent honest but I used that to my
advantage because when I would tell
some fellow dog men the truth they
wouldnt believe me anyway. Thats
dog men, I dont like cheating either.
When the ref had us face our dogs,
Mr. Rowdy was still screaming, but
when he saw Clorox he went ballistic.
The crowd appreciated Mr. Rowdys
behavior so much that they started
screaming along with him. We were
faced up, the ref was in the neutral
corner but I couldnt hear a word he
was saying. I thought he signaled Release your dogs so I let Mr. Rowdy go.
He rushed over to Cloroxs corner and
immediately stuck his jaw in Cloroxs
mouth.
Both Cloroxs handler and the ref
gave me the look as if to say what
the hell did you just do? By this

time they were standing next to
each other. So I walked up to both
of them and spoke loudly to the ref
said, I thought you said Release
your dogs, so I did. Then I turned
to the handler and asked him Do
you want the fight on a foul? He
answered NO so I said Then let
em fight, and they did. All of this
happened very rapidly. As I averted
my eyes back toward the dogs, I
remember thinking to myself Why
did Mr. Rowdy do that? He ran over
and stuck his mouth right in Cloroxs mouth and Clorox was chewing away.
You see to this day I couldnt tell
you if Mr. Rowdy meant to do that
or was he so blinded with rage that
he missed his mark? Was he trying
to bust out Clorox big ol teeth like
he had done to Wino? Or did Clorox
grab his jaw on purpose and I didnt
catch it? I know I didnt like it and
going by Cloroxs breeding I certainly didnt expect it. Bullyson?,Eli JR?

, Alligator?A mouth fighting dog?
No way. Maybe Mr. Rowdy made
him fight that way or maybe Clorox meant to fight that way. I dont
know. Either way he was good at it.
I could sense all four of us were in
for a long night. Hell, they never left
their feet for the first hour. During
the match Clorox made two complete 360 degree turns to get away
from Mr. Rowdy. He also turned his
head away on one of Mr. Rowdys
scratches and Mr. Rowdy still had
to complete the scratch, which
he did. Clorox protested from the
shoulder and foot holds Mr. Rowdy
hurt him with and at one point duringmatch; he laid down on his side
and seemed to give up. In spite of
all this he was in great shape, made
good scratches and would have
finished Mr. Rowdy if I had left him
there. Thats why I picked him up
even though it was Cloroxs turn to

scratch.
Afterwards, R Williams said to
me I thought you had it won right
up until the end, it was that close. I
felt after the hour mark Mr. Rowdy
was going to have a hard time winning and I would have picked him
up closer to the two hour mark, if
Clorox hadnt have laid down. I kept
waiting for Mr. Rowdy to put the finish to him but he was so weak he
couldnt mount a sustained offense.
When Mr. Rowdys brother, Clayton
Blood went into Bugeye, there were
no turns or out-of-holds the whole
match but I talkedBugeyes handler
into agreeing to scratch the dogs
out until a winner was declared.
Clayton Blood was the gamer of the
two and won.
When Clorox was laid out, I had
his handler, Steve going for a draw
and almost got it but Ray got his attention and told him to not fall for
any of my tricks. I smiled at Ray and
he smiled back, it almost worked.
This was a clean fight with both
sides divided evenly at first but as
the battle wound down, Mr. Rowdys heart and determination had
won over several detractors.
Shortly after all was said and
done I was ready to match Mr.
Rowdy again after he was healed
up. That is until his legs ended up
being twisted and turned. I even
thought that despite his injuries he
could definitely win again at 37lbs,
but it was all wishful thinking. The
damage he sustained was too severe and although Mr. Rowdy didnt
care about his handicaps, I did. So
I left him alone as a 2x winner and
a 1x loser. He never lost that great
spirit of his, and provided me and
my family with great memories, that
we reminisce about to this day. q
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IN THE SUMMERTIME
when the weather is high...
Beating the heat can be tough for our dogs, because they can only cool themselves by panting
and sweating through their paw pads. As the days
get longer and hotter the needs and concerns for
our dogs change, I will deal with what some of the
old timers would call just common sense problems that I see every summer.
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Provide adequate shade for the animals, if you live In an area that Is devoid of natural trees and large bushes, then a very good shade can be made by
using old pallets and a piece of 8x4 plywood.
First I bury the pallets on end about 1 foot
into the ground then I nail the plywood to the
ends of the pallets. This makes a very good
shade area about 8 feet long and 4 feet wide,
in the summer you can place your doghouse
beside the shade, in the winter I place the
house under one end of the shade. This adds
more protection from rain and snow. Be sure
to place the shade just far enough out on the
chain to keep the dog from getting tangled.
Also make sure there are no broken boards in
the pallets that will cause the animal to get
tangled up. Dogs even get sunburn so keep
an eye on areas where hair is thin, like eyelids,
ears, and nose!
Water of course is very important

all the time, but at this time of year
it is very essential. I use 5-gallon
buckets and refresh the water in the morning and change the water in the evening. I
also wash the algae out of the buckets every
Saturday. Another great water container, especially in the very hot desert regions of our
country is to cut a 55 gallon plastic barrel in
half and make 2 water barrels. These I refresh
the twice a day and change when it becomes
dirty, when I get a dog that continually tips
over his water I take one of these 1/2 drums
and put about 60-100 lbs. of concrete in the
bottom of it. If this doesnt work, I then will
make a water dish out of concrete by making a square form and pouring concrete in
it, then I take a 2 or 3 liter plastic bottle and
push it deep into the wet concrete. After drying these make great water buckets.
Youve all heard it before and ill

say it again, never leave a dog in
a vehicle. The temperature in a
closed vehicle can soar over 100 degrees
In warm sunlight in as little as 15 minutes.
Even a short period of extreme heat may be
enough to cause irreparable damage to your
animal. Just dont take him with you if there
is any chance you will have to leave him unattended.
Right along the same lines is hard

workouts or play under the hot
sun. In working hard dogs have no
really efficient way of cooling their bodies
so when working or playing hard the body
holds heat. When the body temperature
goes about 104 degrees, there is the possibility of irreversible damage to the brain;
signified by seizures, strokes, heart collapse
and as the temperature continues to rise, a
bleeding disorder can set in called DIC (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation).
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
(DIC), also known as DIC or Dysfibrinogen syndrome, is a complex syndrome of
disorders and deregulation of the coagulation. A cascade of events takes place within
the body that leads to abnormal activation
of products that encourages the blood to
clot. Components such as fibrin are released
within the blood stream. This can cause either very rapid clotting and possible abnormal blood clots and eventually loss of the
ability to clot as the clotting ingredients are
used up. Uncontrolled bleeding is the final
result in this process.
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I keep a few things handy to the dog

yard and when I travel with my dog
then I can help with heat problems.
I keep several gallons of water handy or on
the yard quick access to a hose. A light blanket or sheet and a couple of spray bottles of
alcohol. If heat stroke does happen the sooner you can start cooling the body the better
the chances to over come any permanent
damage. You can place a wet and cool sheet
or blanket over the animal. I spray the pads of
the feet with alcohol as well as the abdomen
and ears (being careful not to get alcohol into
the eyes.) I continually take rectal temperatures to tell me when the body temperature
is falling. You want to stop cooling when the
temperature drops to about 103 because you
want to have the body maintain as close to
normal, 101.5, as possible, if you wait to stop
cooling until 101.5 then the temperature will
continue to drop until it is hypothermic which
can be just as deadly. Just remember prevention is always best but if you do have a problem react calmly but quickly and as soon as
stable get your animal to qualified medical
personnel.
The last thing I want to touch on

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drown. Swimming is good exercise but as
you would with your children, supervise
your pets. Also although most of the chemicals used are safe for animals, not just after
you shock your pool. Have a great and fun
summer. q

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KEN ALLENS ROBERT-T vs. HINES CH MIGRAINE
The first time I saw Robert-T was when Ken Allen

called me to accompany him to the east. Where
Ted of The Yankee Boys had just completed his
keep of Robert-T. Ken asked me if I would handle him? This match was against STP Kennels
who were using a son of their Gr Ch John Boy.
The weight was 45 lbs. Ken picked me up and we
had about a six or seven hour drive to the site.
The match was at a well known spot called The
Goose Farm. Ted of The Yankee Boys was there to
meet us with Robert-T. He was a well built buckskin with natural ears. Robert-T had never seen me
before,but within twenty minutes I was standing
in my corner holding him ready to go.
ozzie stevens
above:
ken allens robert t, a
multitime winner who
lost his l ast outing in
43 to Legion of dooms
gr ch duke
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y opponent John Jr. appeared bigger. But when we released them

his size didnt help him. Robert -T
went directly to the ears and took control and
stayed out of trouble. John Boy Jr. got discouraged and gave it up before the hour mark.
I was very impressed with Robert-T and considered him a very classy ear dog. A couple of
months later Fergy was hooking up a match
between Ch Migraine and some other party.
Fergy never told me who the people were but
said that they had not put up a forfeit and the
match was for $10.000 a side. I called Ken and
told him about a possible match using Robert-
T. Kens answer was he wanted the match bad

enough that he would pay Fergy $500.00 just
to set it all up.
Ken asked me if I would condition Robert-T
for this match? And I agreed. Within two days
Ken was knocking at my door to deliver Robert-T to me. This was in January and it was really cold. Robert and myself developed a good
working relationship right from the start. Most
of our working days were on snow covered
ground and temperatures in the low teens. But
I knew how to take care of him and he had no
problems. Robert-T went through his keep perfectly and could not have been in any better
condition.
On the day of the match Ken arrived with
several people in a van, and they were all hungry, having just driven in from Tennessee. Well
I have a giant freezer in the basement. Just 30
days earlier I had stocked it with 800 lbs. of beef.
Ken called to Christine and said get the roasts on.
Christine made up four roasts with mashed potatoes and vegetables. While they were eating
I took Robert-T for a walk to empty out,before
the drive. We arrived at Fergys and Ken and his
opponent put up their money with the stake
holder. We left Fergys house and travelled one
hour north to a big metal barn,it was around
10 degrees in this barn. They brought out the
water ,but it was so cold that neither Ken or his
opponent wanted to wash. I had never met
these people before. To show that Robert-T was
clean, I dipped the sponge into the water and
wiped him down. I then opened his mouth and
wrung the sponge into his mouth. If there was
anything on Robert-T it just went into his own
mouth.
Both dogs were on weight this would be
Robert-Ts third match. While Ch Migraine would
be going out for his fifth time. Ch Migraine was a
big rangy dog and looked to be in good shape.
When released Ch Migraine came charging in
trying to get a shoulder. Robert-T stepped aside
and took a ear hold the hold was deep and Robert-T was biting hard. Ch Migraine kept trying
for the shoulders,but he couldnt get anything

as Robert-T stayed on the ears and kept working deep into the ear and the side of the cheek.
Ch Migraine kept trying to counter Robert-T
but Robert-T was faster and in better condition
and was out wrestling Ch Migraine. Finally Ch
Migraine gave up trying for the shoulders and
started to swap out ear holds with Robert-T.
They were going at a very fast pace each dog
wanting to put the other away. Ch Migraine was
falling behind by 40 minutes,but was still very
determined to win,and he had a good mouth.
But he just couldnt get in that often.
Robert-T was fighting a wide open pace
without taking a deep breath. You never seen
his tongue throughout the entire match. Ch Migraine tried to keep up with him but couldnt
stay with Robert-T. Ch Migraine was weakening
and couldnt handle the pressure and Robert
= T sensed he had him in trouble and really
started to pour it on. Ch Migraine turned several times and even ran away from Robert-T. We
got a handle with Ch Migraine to scratch. Ken
yelled out to Sonny the handler of Ch Migraine
,that he would bet $1000.00 Ch Migraine wont
come. Sonny took the bet,when Ted called
out $1000.00 that Ch Migraine would take the
count. Well they both got a surprise as Ch Migraine came out of the corner like he was shot
out of a cannon.
I got a quick handle, and Robert-T made a
good hard scratch. Robert-T was poring it on
and Ch Migraine again started to turn and run
away. I got a quick handle with Ch Migraine to
go. Ken again yelled out to Ch Migraines corner Ill bet another thousand he dont come
Ted not to be out done bet Ch Migraine would
quit,but only bet $500.00.
To Ken and Ted Ch Migraine made some
very bad moves and they felt he was ready to
quit. Well they got fooled for a second time as
Ch Migraine came hard and with no hesitation.
He was totally exhausted and Robert-T was going into the throat to finish Ch Migraine. It was
then that Ch Migraines owners picked him
up,this was at 1:03. Ch Migraine ran a very game
courtesy scratch. This was a very good match
and one I will remember for a long time. q
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Tennessee Revenuers Champion Robert-T Jr.

I thought I would drop a line to give a little dog
from Tennessee the credit he is due and clear up
some gossip. The dogs name is B.Adams Ch Robert T Jr., he is one hell of a dog and has carved out
his place in the history of our breed by whipping
three very good dogs.
Tennessee Revenuer
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is first match was into Ds Miller

Lite a dog that was highly regarded and a litter mate brother to
Grand Champion Tank, Champion Ernie, and
Champion Cobra, these dogs are out of Jeep
and a Katie Marlowe bitch. Robert T Jr. beat
Lite with little recognition and went back
home to the hills of Tennessee after the winning on Ds back porch.
The weight on T Jr. was 41 lbs and
while he was licking his wounds from the
Lite fight a controversy was going on between the owners of two other great little
41 pounders they wanted to go into each
other, but each wanted the other to travel
to him. These two dogs that just couldnt
seem to meet were Champion Indian Bootlegger and B.Oreos Champion Satan. Oreo
offered Indian Sonny a meeting in Ole Miss,
but Sonny said come to the backyard and
Oreo declined.
Well before you know it Adams had
Robert T Jr. back in shape and had agreed
to go to California and match into Bootlegger at 41 pounds. This one was sure to be
a dandy, Bootlegger was sired by Garners
Grand Champion Spike a Known producer
of good dogs and Robert T Jr. sired by his
namesake the premier head dog of modern times The A Teams Champion Robert T.
Both dogs were on weight and Miller was
selected as judge of the contest and they
are off. Bootlegger driving for the first ten
minutes taking control until T Jr. gets to the
head and stays there for one hour and forty
minutes until Bootlegger is asked to scratch
and he refuses by standing the line. Bootlegger quit! So contrary to the rumors that are
making the circuit he curred out to the head

thrashing of Robert T Jr. So we all know what
a dog that stands the line is called, hey Sonny
listen real hard because maybe you do not
know a cur dog when you see one or maybe you were afraid to admit he quit. It must
have been hard after all that advertising, talking and campaigning you did with this dog.
So now the truth has been revealed and the
bottom line is do not believe everything you
see in print or hear about a dog. Talk to both
parties, talk to neutrals who know and talk to
both sides that were involved. Try your best
to give the proper dog recognition he was
due for the feats it accomplished.
Just a short time later about ten weeks
Buford has agreed to match into Champion
Satan the dog that was suppose to match
with Bootlegger. B. Oreo agrees to come to
the hills of Tennessee and Robert T Jr. got to
stay home for the first time.
It was a nice fall evening when this took
place sometime ago. Both dogs are on the
weight of 41 pounds and Big Dave is chosen as judge for the event. The dogs were
released and Champion Satan appears to be
the stronger dog and takes an early lead as
he pushes B. Adams
Robert T Jr. around. Then T JR. finds
home and got on the head of Champion
Satan. Shortly after this Champion Satan
runs hot and then Robert T Jr turns, after
5 scratches Champion Satan was declared
unable to continue and Robert T Jr. was declared the winner at 1:40. Satan could have
beat many good dogs if he had not run into
Champion T Jr and he was certainly a better
dog than that Bootlegger dog, that was so
highly regarded.
B.Adams Champion Robert T Jr. was a
true Champion match dog beating first
class competition in all his outings and just
thought I would write this letter to see he is
remembered as the Tennessee Revenuers
Champion Robert T Jr. q
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Authored by Rick Hihath
Cover design/artwork by Brian Gregory Polaski
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little boy from a rural village in Nebraska grew up to reign soverenity in the seemingly barbaric sport of
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF

A GOOD DIET
Most likely the most asked question, when people
first get into the game is What should I feed my
dog?. First you need to start off knowing the basic
nutrition needs and ingredients. Second you need
to be able to understand the guranteed analysis
chart. These numbers can be misleading. Remember crude protein includes both digestible and indigestible protein. Your dog can only use the digestible portion. Youll find your greatest insight
on quality though toe ingredients list.
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balanced canine diet is comprised

of several component parts that
blend together to insure nutritional
completeness. If any of these parts is absent,
overdone or out of kilter then the entire diet is
not doing what you want and what your dog
needs. These parts are:
00 Proteins
The first ingredient in the guaranteed analysis. Protein brings to the diet the amino acids
that are so important in helping to develop
and then maintain your dogs sound bones
and healthy musculature. In turn aid in the
healing and repairing of injuried bones and
muscles. Proteins also help your dogs body in
its production of antibodies that fight against
infections. Necessary enzymes and hormones
that aids the chemical fuctioning of the dogs
also are provided by proteins.
00 Carbohydrates
Along with fats are needed sources of energy
to keep the dog fuctioning at its best. Usually
added through some cooked grains, vegetables items, or processed starches.
00 Fats
Not only it provide double the usuable energy of the amount of carbohydrates, fats are
also a delivery system for imprortant vitamins
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(A, D, E and K) which is essential. Fats are usful in helping maintain a dog nervous system.
Fats also promote a healthy skin and a shiny
coat. Fats make food taste better. No matter
how nutrionally it is, if a pet would eat it, quality is wasted.
00 Vitamins and minerals

Vitamins and minerals use to maintain a dog
body and body fuctions. Remember most
dog foods today are better than 20 or 30
years ago. Most domestic dogs outlive most
wild dogs, no matter what diet they on. I use
super premium dog food. I found out I spend
more per bag, but less per feeding. My yard is
easily clean, with less digested waste to clean
up per feeding. Because my dogs use what
they eat, instead of pushing it though they
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in up buying or spending more than saving.
Remember super premium food should use
high -quality meat sources and gluten meals
instead of soybean meal to boost the protein
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corn, and wheat as top ingredients. Watch out
for companies who break down corn, rice and
wheats in differance ways. This is to list meat
first. It give a poor grade meat or ingredient a
higher protein content. Ingredients are listed
by weight, i.e. ground yellow corn, corn germ,
corn pulp helps to lower the weight of the
corn use. So that the meat source can be listed first. Corn is hard to digest in a dog system.
Watch for sale pitchs like all natural or allergic
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million dogs have allergic problems. Also just
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PUT UP OR SHUT UP KENNELS CH BUGER
Champion Buger was bred by Put Up or Shut Up

Kennels and he is out of Armadillo (Coy & Locklins
Mr.JT x Locklins one time winner, Jacky Brown)
and Put Up or Shut Up Kennels Mama II (JPS two
time winner C-4 x Hobbs Shady Lady).
above:
Put Up or Shut Up
Kennel s ch buger, His
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right:
another shot of buger
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e started by going into a Mayday bred dog name Mr. Dash

at 44 pounds during the match
Mr. Dash controlled Buger with ear and head
holds for 10 minutes than went to the rear
end of Buger but Buger keep him out in at
approximately @ 17 minutes mark Buger was
doing damage to the chest of Mr. Dash at
the 22 minute mark Mr. Dash is flatlined with
Buger incontrollable in his corner ready to
show his courtesy scratch into a dead dog.
Bugers second match was hooked after
1 month at 43 pounds against a dog that
was gaining fame due that he was knowing
for his gamest name Jayjay (2xw) a Redboy
bred dog Buger looked so small compared
to Jayjay both dog are weighted with Jayjay
weighting 46 1/2 pounds in buger weighting 43 pounds on point with Jayjay began 3
1/2 pounds over we decided to do it anyway
buger run hot the first 10 minutes gasping for
air while Jayjay was doing damage on Buger
hear in chest at the 30 minute mark Buger is
biting hard on the chest in rear end showing a davastating mouth again in at the 42
minute mark Jayjay owner picked his dog up
and scrathed literally on his chest. And Buger
completed a fast courtesy scratch as usual
showing everybody what a complete dog he
is, an artist
For his championship after 2 months in
recovering from hearthworm we was hooked
him against a 2xw named Frank Lucas a Jeep/
Rascal bred dog at 46 pounds both dogs are
weighed Frank Lucas weighting 46 pounds
on point and buger weighing 44 pounds 2
pound under so we did it pushing 2 pounds
showing everybody was a bulldog is . Frank
Lucas was a very intense dog met Buger in
the center of the pit taking ear in mouth hold
for the first 15 minutes, Frank Lucas stay on
the mouth in head holds than Buger went fir a
chest hold showing once again a devastating
mouth. No turn or out of holds Frank Lucas
is picked up at the 28 minute mark and ran
across showing what a game dog is all about
Buger made a fast courtesy scratch earning
his championship. He became a Champion in
6 months and is still open to da world. q
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THE LAW AND THE PIT BULL TERRIER

what has changed in the past fifty years?
When I first got into the dogs there may have been,
in the entire Country, Two Hundred people that actually fought dogs. Im sure many more owned an
American Pit Bull Terrier, but somewhere around
Two Hundred were the hard core of the sport of
dogs. Up until that time, in 1958,I had no idea that
anyone, anywhere, would match a dog. Of course,
I knew that at one time in history, that fighting
dogs was a popular sport in this Country, and in
many other countries as well. The sport of matching one dog against another started in the British
Isles. It was the logical successor to the sport of
bull baiting, and in some instances bear baiting,
that were outlawed in the nineteenth century.
jack kelly
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can recall, when I was just getting started

in the dogs, walking one of my dogs, on
a leash, down a city street. It was not unusual to have someone stop me on the street,
and asked me, What kind of a dog is that ?
They apparently knew that a dog that carried
himself so regally could not have been a mutt
of mixed ancestry. They certainly knew that
I was walking a dog of some pure breeding,
without knowing what the breeding was. Back
in those days, you could respond to a question
like that with a truthful answer, Its a fighting
dog. An American Pit Bull Terrier. No one, that
ever made that inquiry, ever even raised an
eyebrow when I told them what kind of a dog
I was walking. In contrast, today if you are seen
walking a dog, that even resembled a Pit Bull,
someone would surely call the law, and then
start a petition to have you and your dog removed from the neighborhood
I read recently that one of the humane societies estimated that 40,000 people owned
and actually were fighting dogs in this Country.
I dont know how many people own and fight
dogs, but I do know that in the Thirty Years that
I published the Sporting Dog Journal, I never
had more than 3000 subscribers. It would seem
to me that if there were 40,000 people fighting
dog in this Country, I would have had a much

larger subscription list. And before the Sporting
Dog Journal was being published, Pete Sparks,
publishing his magazine, never had more than
300 subscribers, and Don Mayfields Pit Dog Report had less than 400 subscribers. What happened in the past Fifty Years that made fighting
dogs such a popular past time ?
I believe that it all started with a fellow by
the name of Wayne King. He went to a dog
fight in Chicago in the early 1970s. I never met
Mr. King but he must have been somewhat of
a gullible fellow. At the dog fight that he attended he made the acquaintance of two dog
men, Pat Bodzianowski and Sonny Sykes. Mr.
King asked them so many foolish questions
about the dogs that Pat and Sonny decided
to have some fun with him. They regaled him
with blood curdling stories about the dogs,
stories that both Pat and Sonny knew were too
ridiculous to be believed, even by someone as
gullible as Mr. King. However, Mr. King not only
believed it all, he wrote a story about it, and
had it published in the New York Times, ALL
THE NEWS THATS FIT TO PRINT. The newspaper printed the story, albeit in an inner section
of the paper. That article must have been read
by every idiot that ever wanted to keep a lion
or a tiger as a pet. They substituted a Pit Bull,
as related to Mr. King by Pat and Sonny, as the
next best thing to owning a jungle beast. The
sale of Pit Bulls went through the roof. The Humane Society took notice when many of these
amateurs started turning their dogs loose on
each other in playgrounds, empty lots, and just
about any other place they could find. Other
stories about the evils of owning a Pit Bull soon
followed, and any time, anything of a negative event took place pertaining to any kind of
a dog, it was always reported in a newspaper
and on television, as having involved a Pit Bull.
Of course, a prejorative adjective was always
used for descriptive purposes when referring
to a Pit Bull Terrier. Barbaric, heinous, despicable were some of the nicer descriptions used to
describe the Pit Bull. It went, injust a few short
years of a passer bye on the street admiring
your Pit Bull to, Call the cops theres somebody
walking a Pit Bull passed my house. The overwhelming number of people suffering from
this strange malady are people that have never
gotten close to a Pit Bull, and certainly have
never been to a dog fight. Yet they have no
problem considering themselves as an expert
on the breed, and on the sport. It has got to
the point where any time a dog of any description is guilty of biting someone, or of dispatching someone stray cat, that dog is immediately
identified as a PIT BULL. In a news story, close to
where I live, a young child jabbed a pencil into
a dogs ear. The dog in turn nipped the child on
its arm. The dog was the family pet, a hundred
pound Saint Bernard. However, the initial story
the dog in question was identified as a, you
guessed it, a Pit Bull.
There is no doubt that ownership of a Pit
Bull is not for everyone. However, the same can
be said for almost any breed of dog. I could
never fully understand why an apartment
dweller in a big city would want to own a setter or a pointer, There is nothing in that kind of
an environment that could possibly satisfy that
kind of a hunting breed. While it would be irresponsible to allow a Pit Bull to run loose in any
environment, it would also be irresponsible to
allow a dog of any of the hunting breeds, to be
confined to life in a big city atmosphere. Something else to be considered is that breeding
by amateur breeders has never advanced the
soundness of any breed of dog. In the 1920s
and 30s the German shepherd, RIN TIN TIN
became a movie star, everyone wanted a dog
just like RIN TIN TIN. The number of breeders of
German Shepherds skyrocketed, and most of
those breeders didnt have a clue as to what
constituted the proper breeding techniques to
produced the traits that made dogs like RIN TIN
TIN a popular breed of dog. The results of these
uniformed breedings changed a lovable, intelligent dog into an unstable, dangerous fear
biter. More recently, the Doberman Pincher,
and the Rottweiler have gone through similar

problems. If in any breed, you purchase a dog
from an experienced breeder you will likely get
a proper representative of that breed.
Over time a dog bred for centuries to perform a particular task, if not constantly coached
to do the job, will gradually lose interest in the
task he was bred to do. Haphazard breeding
have turned the Irish Setter, originally bred to
point his human hunting companion to game
fowl, into a pretty dog that couldnt tell the
difference between a pheasant and a rabbit,
much less point to it. Amateur breeding has
produced a Beagle or a Basset Hound into a
dog that wouldnt know a rabbit if
they fell over one in the woods.
The same can be said for the Pit
Bull. The dog was bred for
centuries to do battle with
other Pit Bulls, and bred by
experienced breeder the Pit
Bull does well in what he
was bred to do. However,
you couldnt make the
average Pit Bull bite
anything but another
Pit Bull. I have owned
Pit Bulls ,that had
won more than a few
matches, that wouldnt
bother a cat, or a dog
of any breed, that
wasnt showing any aggression toward them. I
have had friends of mine
that claimed they could
make a dog of any breed,
make an attempt to bite
them. 90% of the dogs
that they were aggravating into showing some
kind of aggression, did
everything in their power
to avoid getting anywhere
near their tormentor, most
by seeking the safety of their
dog house. But get a Pit
Bull bred by an some idiot
below:
mr.jack kelly enjoying
his coffee
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breeder, who would own a Tiger if it

was within the law, and you are liable
to get a dog that is more dangerous
then a Tiger. A Pit Bull does not deserve
the negative reputation that they have
been saddled with. They make lovable, stable pets, but they do need to
be owned by responsible people, who
will take the care of them that they
must have. If any other animal shows
to be aggressive to a well bred Pit Bull,
they are going to get hurt. Therefore,
the responsible owner should make
every effort to be sure his Pit Bull is not
put in that situation.
In the fifty years that I have been
involved with the dogs. I have come
under the close scrutnity of the law.
On one Autumn day a friend of mine
came by my house, and asked me if I
wanted to go with him to a dog show
in South Georgia. I really didnt want to
go, I had too many things to do around
the house. However, he talked me into
going, and we set off for South Georgia, in my old Ford van. We took the
van because the trip would take us
more than Six Hours, and we figured
we could sleep in the van rather then
go through the trouble of getting a
motel room. The old van was well
equipped for a comfortable nights
sleep. We got up early, at the sight of
the show, had breakfast, and waited
for the crowd to gather, and in no time
at all, the show was ready to start. I
was standing about Twenty Feet away
from where the show was to start, talking with other fanciers. The first match
just got underway, and we started
drifting over to the show. I never got
completely over to where I wanted to
be when the law arrived. I never did
know how many of us were taken into
custody by the Sheriffs officers, must
have been around 75 of us. We were all
transported to the Sheriffs office and
interrogated by The Georgia Bureau of
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Investigation. All of us spent the night

in one large jail cell, and the following
morning the law began the process of
disposing of the charges against us.
Three of us were held over for trial, the
rest were fined and given probation.
Harry Hargrove was charged because
he owned the property we were on.
Robert Swetman was charged because the scale that the contestant
were using to weigh the dogs had his
name scratched into it. I was charged
with being the referee of the match
that was underway when the law arrived on the scene. I wasnt the referee,
but several detainees testified at their
interrogation, that I was the referee. I
was still several feet away from where
the action was when the law arrived.
One of those arrested with us had a
cousin who was a lawyer. This fellow
might have been the greatest lawyer
in the world when it came to a house
closing or a compensation case, but as
a criminal lawyer if left a lot to be desired, since all three of us were found
guilty of, Allowing two dogs to fight
for sporting purposes. We were also
found guilty of simple gambling, sim-
Mr.jack kelly in his office
ply on the testimony of one of the arresting officers that he heard someone
say, Ill take five on that. Even a real estate lawyer could have got that charge
dismissed. Our lawyer never made an
effort to have the witness identify who
made the statement, or whether or not
the bet was actually cover by anyone.
Or for that matter five what? Hargrove
and Swetman were also found guilty
of commercial gambling, a charge, of
which, I was acquitted. The sentencing
phase of the trial was equally bizarre,
all three of us were sentenced to Five
years on the count of Allowing to dog
to fight for sporting reason. All three
of us were sentenced to an additional
year in prison for simple gambling.
Hargrove and Swetman were also sentenced to another five years for commercial gambling, for a total of Eleven
Years in prison. I was sentenced to
Six Years in prison. All for a crime that
was not against the law, at the time,
in Georgia. Neither Hargrove or Swetman were actually causing two dogs
to fight, and I had nothing to do with
any of this, but I was the publisher of
The Sporting Dog Journal. It was clear-
ly not against the law in Georgia to be

present at a dog fight. Our lawyer did
a better job in the sentencing part of
the trial. He brought out the fact that
Harry Hargrove did three tours of duty
in Viet Nam as a helicopter pilot. And
I earned three battle stars, in the Marine Corp, in the South Pacific during
World War II, including the battle for
Iwo Jima. None of that meant a thing
to the judge, we all got the maximum
sentence.
We appealed our conviction to
the Georgia Supreme Court, and lost
the appeal, three votes to two, there
was some small conciliation, the
Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme
Court wrote the dissenting opinion.
In his opinion we were not guilty of
any crime. All three of us did about a
year in prison, all for a crime that was
not a crime at all. None of us caused
or allowed any dog to engage in a
fight, and none of us owned either of
the dogs.
There were many more brushes
with the law over the years, but most
of them were simply a warning to stop
what we were going, and to not do it
again. One that involved more than
a warning was in the early 1980s in
Rhode Island. We were all detained
for the night, about sixty of us, and
it was soon evident that the State of
Rhode Island did not have the facilities to house that many guest. Most of
us spent the night in a six foot by nine
foot cell, about ten of us to a cell. The
next morning we were served breakfast, a take-out order from McDonalds,
and released on a bond of $220.00,
and given a date to appear in court.
The whole affair was decided by a
grand jury, and they returned a no bill
verdict, and the State of Rhode Island
sent us all back our $220.00.
The next skirmish with the law
took place in 2003. Early one morning
in April of that year, I was awakened by

my telephone ringing at about Six AM.
I answered it, and a voice told me to
open the gate to my property, or they
would break the gate down. That request was made by a joint task force of
agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department Agricultural, and the local police.
They had a search warrant to search
my house and property. It seemed
that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had recently passed a law that
seemed tailor made to stop the publishing of the Sporting Dog Journal
magazine. The folks that raided my
premises were merely co operating
with the authorities in Pennsylvania.
The joint task force proceeded to
gather everything that had to do with
dogs, and haul them away in a rented
U-Haul truck.
The law that I was accused of
breaking was the commonwealths
interpretation of the Pennsylvania law
that covers the offense of Cruelty to
Animals. It made no difference that
the last time that I had visited the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was
Ten Years prior to the invasion of my
property, for a reunion of the Marine
Corp Company I served with in World
War II. At the time I had one old Pit Bull
that would play with any other dog he
came across. The raiding party never
even went out back to look at the old
dog. My crime was not publishing a
magazine, my crime was that I listed, in
the magazine, the fact that a three time
winner was considered a Champion.
By allowing a dog to be called a Champion, I had promoted an illegal activity.
They reasoned that by listing a dog as
a Champion, the owner of that dog
was then able to charge more money
for either a stud fee or a pup out of any
litter that the Champion had sired. This
they decided was a crime for which
the penalty was Twenty-One Years in

prison and a $45,000.00 fine. And since
we distributed the magazine in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we
were guilty of that crime. After five trip
to Pittsburgh to answer the charges,
be arraigned, have my picture taken,
fingerprinted, and finally to stand trial,
the judge sentenced me to serve Two
Years on probation, in Georgia.
I had sold the Sporting Dog Journal
in 2001. The new owner had been arrested, for dog fighting, the following
year. He was also raided, in New York,
at the very same time that the law was
threatening to break down the gate to
my property. He had to serve time in a
New York prison, and that is when he
stopped putting out the magazine. I
want to make one thing clear, publishing a magazine is not a crime. Reporting the matches is not a crime. However, if you do publish a magazine about
this breed of dog, no matter how innocuous the content of that magazine
may be, one thing is certain, you will be
painting a huge bulls eye on your back
for the Humane groups to take aim at.
How did this sport deteriorate to
the state in which it is in today ? It is
not something that is new, it has been
a popular, albeit not a large sport for
years, in this Country, since the time
of the Civil War. I had published a picture, in an early issue of the Journal, of
a dog fight in which the famous actress of the time, Sarah Barnhard was
the guest of honor. The picture shows
her sitting right up there at ringside.
The picture also identifies many other
popular celebrities of the day, including many of the stars of the sports
world, well known politicians, and
many from the world of entertainment. That picture was taken in 1908.
In approximately 60 to 70 years, it went
from being a fairly popular sport to a
crime, that in its severity, ranks just
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below first degree murder. There were

several things that bought about this
change, and I believe that among the
foremost of these events was the rapid rise in the sports popularity. In the
few short years that I have been active
in the sport, it has gone from most
people not even knowing what a Pit
Bull dog looked like, to a bloodthirsty
dog chewing up everything that it
came in contact with. The sport not
only attracted many well intentioned
newcomers it also attracted the worse
kind of, would be sportsmen, who had
little regard for the welfare of the dogs,
and saw the whole sports as either a
means of gambling, and worse yet, a
means of having a past time that they
would make them look like a tough
guy at the expense of the dogs. Fifty
years ago the sport numbered very
few fanciers, and Im sure there were
some among that small number, who
were in the sport for all the wrong reasons. However, with the rapid popularity of the sport the number of those
wanna be dog men grew in proportion to the number of newcomers to
the sport. The large number of the
wrong kind of fanciers soon bought
them to the attention of the humane
groups throughout the Country. When
the humane groups were successful
in equating dog fighting with illegal
drugs, that got law enforcement interested. Fifty Years ago you could never
had got a Sheriff, in any southern state,
to take any action against breaking up
a dog fight, as a matter of fact, many
of them were interested in the sport
themselves, and there have been several instances where a local Sheriff was
actually a participant. But once the
humane groups convinced the local
law that a dog fight was just a means
of distributing drugs law enforcement,
as well as most Southern Sheriffs, were
forced to take action. One Humane
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group in Massachusetts even convinced the local law juristriction that

dog fighters in the Boston area were
selling guns to the Irish Republican
Army. A lad of Irish extraction sent a
relative in Ireland a bullet. Fortunately
nothing came of that. But something
did come from the drug chargers, and
when a humane group, on some few
occasions, convinced a local Sheriff, to
break up a dog show, the law had no
trouble finding drugs of all kinds. They
even found vendors selling drugs right
along with beer and sandwiches.
In addition to the drugs, we were
going through a period of pets, notably dogs and cats, being treated, not
as pets, but as members of the family.
Thats fine with me, people can treat
their pets anyway they want too. However, many of those pet owners were
conjuring up mental picture of their
precious little Yorkshire Terrier being
savage by a ferocious Pit Bull. One
popular television show devoted one
of their weekly shows to dog fighting. The whole premiss of that show
was that dastardly dog fighters were
going around stealing peoples pets,
to use to train Pit Bulls to fight. That
would be like Mike Tyson kidnapping
Woody Allen to act as his sparing partner. It never happened. The Pit Bull got
a bad name because many owners of
the dogs that were guilty of attacking
other dogs, were owned by careless
owners 99% of whom were not ever a
part of the Pit Bull fraternity.
I have, I am sad to say, been to
matches in which some few owners
didnt have the knowledge, or were
careless enough not to care, to know
that their dog was losing the match
to the extent that he had no chance
of winning.. In instances like that, in
almost 100% of the time, a handler
will pick his dog up and concede the
match. A very small percent of recent
dog men have little or no respect for

their dogs, and should not even be
involved in the sport. The sport is not
the blood curdling spectacle that the
humane people portray. However,
the fanciers of the sport can do a lot
more to make the sport more acceptable to everyone with the exception
of the died in the wool humaniacs,
who consider a dog, as being abused
if they are not served steak instead of
dog food, or of being neglected if they
are not permitted to sleep in the same
bed with any member of the family.
In some families, that keep a dog for
a pet, it almost seems that the dog determines a good deal of what the family does for entertainment.
Every species of human, animal,
fish, reptile and insect fight They fight
over food, and they fight over who
gets to be the leader of the pack. They
all fight with what nature has supplied
them with, Humans punch and kick
each other in boxing and wrestling
matches. Canines use their teeth to
get an advantage in a fight. Cat use
their sharp claws as well as their teeth
in any dispute with each other. Deer,
antelopes, caribous and moose, use
their horns to gore each other in their
fights for dominance over each other.
Everything fights. In the case with humans, it becomes a sport, boxing and
mixed martials arts, are considered
admirable sports, with the contestants
in most cases being rewarded handsomely for their efforts. The object
of some sports is to render your opponent or opponents, senseless, for
example wrestling and football. But
to allow two dogs to fight, to prove
their ability and the gameness of the
dogs, that were bred for Centuries for
that very purpose, is tantamount to
the most heinous crime ever committed. However, the biggest crime of all
is that the people who are responsible
for those laws are people who never, in

their entire lives, have ever witnessed
a dog fight. A fight that is less harmful
to a dog then a contest of mix martial
arts is to the humans involved. These
uniformed experts may call a dog fight
a blood sport, but I have seen more
blood spilled in a boxing match, or
one of those anything goes contest,
than I have ever seen in any dog fight.
I am not trying to justify what one
group of people see as objectionable,
by pointing out that other accepted
behavior is just as objectionable. However dog fighting is against the law
in this Country, and the penalties are
much harsher than any other crime
with the possible exception of murder. Therefore, individually, we have
to decide if the sport is worth the risk
of spending a good portion of your
life incarcerated. Dog fighting is not
near the abomination that the humane people would have you believe,
neither is it as innocuous as some of
us believe it to be. Its a rough and
tumble sport, and not for everyone.
For the future, at the time of this writing, the sport has already been decimated to the point that it barely exist.
When I first got into the dogs very
few were engaged in the sport. There
were very few matches being held,
and the only matches that were taking place were at.very clandestine locations, and then only once or twice
a year, and put on by only the most
rabid promoters for the most enthusiastic participants. I suspect that it will
become that way again.
I had been involved with these
dogs and this sport since 1958 when
I acquired my first dog and then
went on to match him. I didnt see
that it was wrong or evil. If I did, I
would not have gotten involved at
all. I havent changed my mind in
those fifty years. q
convention poster from 1960
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Story Telling
Farewell to Bobby C Smith...
I was saddened when informed of long-time dogman Bobby Smiths passing. As a farewell, I figured
Id republish an article by Bobby which was origianlly published in Bull-A-Ton in 2005. At first I
wasnt going to publish the article because were
planning a special Bobby Smith memorial issue in
the near future but, even though Bobby has not
been active in the dogs for years, I felt like I needed to at least post something about his passing.
My condolences go out to Bobby Smiths family
and friends. Rest in Peace! L.C.
bobby smith
above:
the l ate bobby smith
cle aning his yard in
Tuscon, Arizona in 1997
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or those of you that dont know

me, Im Bobby Smith from Tucson
Arizona. Whenever I meet someone I
dont know they always say, Oh! your the one
who owned Bad Billy & thats me. Im pretty
sure if I found Jimmy Hoffas body, or discovered a cure for aids the news would mention,
& by the way Hes the one who owned Bad
Billy. Im going to make the women happy
with this article. Im not going to talk about
dogs. I gave this as a speech some time ago
to my fellow dogmen at the request of a very
good friend.
Id like to talk to you about something
thats very important & personal to me. Story
Telling. About all of us becoming Story Tell-
ers. Telling the stories of our family, our ancestors, our people, our kin. Passing our family history on to our children, grandchildren
& future descendents. People always say the
younger generation is in trouble. I believe
part of the problem is that many of them
dont know where they are in life. The dont
know the stories & the value of their great
grandparents, grandparents, parents, uncles,
aunts-their people. They dont know where
there from so they cant know where they
are. Knowing their family history will give
them a firm foundation for their own lives.
Id like to share with you some of the stories of my own family. Ill start with a story
from my dads side. His name was Homer but
they called him Doc. He grew up in Greenwood SC a small cotton mill town during
the depression. He had 3 older brothers & a
younger sister. Being the youngest boy he
developed a close relationship with mama. It
reminded me allot of Elvis. My first story will
go back a few generations to my dads grandfather, his mothers father. They called him
graddaddy Magee. He came from Ireland
before the turn of the century. He was mean.
He smoked, drank, chewed, fought, & chased
women. He looked like Yosemite Sam. He
wore a big broad brimmed hat & a huge
handle bar mustache. He carried a pistol, &
it was rumored he used it more than once.
He hated men, women, children & animals
equally. He once killed a man with his bare
hands over a minor insult. But then I guess
it wasnt minor to him. When he was 94 he
married a women of 40 & had two sons. He
died at 104 & his sons told me that he was
even meaner on his death bed.
As I was growing up, whenever Id get in
trouble or was being real stubborn, It was explained that i just couldnt help myself. It was
just granddaddy Magee coming out in me.
My dads father B.C. Smith worked his
whole life in the cotton mill. He was a strict
disciplinarian & seemed a bit distant from his
children. But he instilled a strong sense of respect & of right & wrong. One of my favorite
stories about him was - the bath. Since they
had no indoor plumbing, he sponged

off every night at the wash basin. But
once a year, in warm weather he took
a bath outside in a big wash tub. My
dad recalled him screaming during
one bath to come quick, there was
something in the water. When they
got there they found all ten of his toenails floating in the tub! When I was
small, I checked my toes every night
after my bath to make sure I still had
my nails.
We need to share the important
stories as well as the funny ones.
They are all part of our history. We
also need to share the sorrows.
When I was 12 my grandfather
had died & my dads mom decided
to come to Tucson to live with us.
We were all of happy & my dad was
elated. A few days before her trip she
was cooking breakfast & her flannel
night gown caught fire & she fell
to the ground & burned completely out. She lived long enough for
my dad to fly home immediately &
rush to the hospital to be with her.
She looked like pure charcoal. My
dad dipped a wash cloth in Coke &
dabbed it on her lips so she could
speak a little. She died in a few days
& my dad came home. He had lost
his beloved mama. It wouldnt be
fair to say my dad cried. I saw this
strong iron fisted man weep for days
from the very depth of his soul. This
story has been so important to all of
us. My children hate to hear it but it
demonstrates a love & sorrow that
they know is part of them. And a
strength that is in them to deal with
lifes problems.
My favorite stories were those of
my dad growing up. I loved to hear
about the things he did at my age.
One of my favorites is about Jody
Sorrows. Jody & his wife lived down
the street. They were always fighting.
Jody drank & sometimes when hed

come home Mrs. Sorrow wouldnt let
him in & hed have to sleep on a cot
in the shed. On one such occasion
my dad put red lipstick on himself &
kissed Jody hard on the cheek while
he was passed out. He left a note that
read Jody - Thanks for the wonderful
evening, Your darling Grade My dad
thought it was his best prank. But
when Jodys wife saw the damage
she threw him out. It took my dad 6
months of pleading to convince her
to let him come back & that my dad
was really Gracie
My dad had a Bulldog named
Billy Man. I just had to tell at least
one dog story. From my first memory I longed to have a dog just like
him. The toughest dog in town. And
a friend who went everywhere with
my dad & drank Coke from the bottle
just like a human. In the end I found
my own Billy.
My moms side of the family came from Galena IL. In the 30s
she moved with her mom, aunt, &
grandmother to town in Belvedere.
My grandmother - who we called
Grammy married a man I knew as my
grandfather. Although we moved to
Tucson far away. I spent every summer with my grandfather, Grammy,
& her mother Two - Mommie. For
some reason I was Grammy & Two Mommies favorite. And I enjoyed a
love unequaled. I would sit on Two
- Mommies lap & she would tell me
stories & read me poems. Ive never
had a drop of liquor or a cigarette
because she begged me not to.
She was a poet. She loved Longfellow & borrowed his line For Ever &
a Day to sign all of her letters to me.
She wrote Love forever & a day, Two
Mommie.
Grammy & I loved each other
more than anyone else. When my
Grandfather died in 1991, I drove her

to Tucson in her old Chevrolet that
had 300,000 mile on it, because she
wouldnt get on a plane. She lived
with us for 5 years. I was glad that my
children had the chance to spend
some time with her. She wasnt the
Grammy that made malts & sugar
cookies for the entire neighborhood,
but at least my kids had a sense of
her in person.
Every day she told us the greatest invention in her lifetime was the
T.V. She still couldnt understand how
those beautiful sights & sounds of
Lawrence Welk came through the
wall.
Now a days, there arent many
inter-generational families wher
Grandparents, Parents, kids, & grand
kids are living together. I treasure the
time I had with mine. I admire Floyd &
Norma Boudreaux for keeping there
family all close, & their family being
the main focus in their lives.
Well I guess I carried on long
enough. But I have one last story. In
1996, I was driving Grammy in her
old car, how she loved riding in that
old car. Then she started to breath a
bit hard. I asked her if she was alright.
She said Im just having a little trouble
breathing honey. Her head fell on my
shoulder & she died there. Im sure
people wonder when they see me
driving around in that piece of junk
car, whats wrong with me? My family knows its because Grammys with
me - safe on my shoulder.
My stories arent unique - each of
you reading this have an extensive
family history & each of you must become story tellers. Dont die with the
stories untold. Granddaddy Magee,
Two - Mommie, Grammy, & my parents still live through these stories.
And I hope theyll still be alive for my
desendants 100 years after Im gone. q
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MALES
JEEP, Crenshaw
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BLACK POISON, Dave
FRISCO, Garner
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BOLT ACTION, Boyles
BUBBA, Rebel Kennels
BUSTER, Loposay
GATOR, Crenshaw
YELLOW,Tant
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BUCK, S.T.P.
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HUNTER RED, Kamakazee Kennels
MAY DAY, Southern Kennels
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JESSIE JAMES. L.A.Dream Team
MAGNUM, R.C. & The Soso Boys
RUFUS, Hammond
SMILEY, Mason
STOMPER, Fat Bill
BLACK JACK, Crenshaw
WERDO, Long
TAB, White
TONKA BEAR, Otter
BUTKUS, Ratliff
THOR, Bristol
DEACON, W.C.C.
TROLL, Castillo
TURTLE. Rebel Kennels
ZEBO, D.Adams
ART, Stinson & Glover
BOOGER, Giroux
BO, Finley
RENO, J.Lee
TOMBSTONE, Patrick
BADGER, Smith & Walton
AWESOME BUCK, The Chosen Few
BEAN, Rancherita Kennels
BANJO, Coy
BLACK PAZMANIAN, S.T.P.
BULL, Abraham
BOLIO, Indian
BUTCH, Ken Allen
CARLO, Giroux
DUDLEY, Addison
CHEROKEE CHIEF, J.Holland
HOMER, Mountain Man
CHICO, Strictly Business
HOMER, Patrick
CHINAMAN, Garner
LITTLE BOOTS, W&P Kennels
GUNNER, Giroux
LITTLE MAN, L.G.
GARIBALDI, Goenaga
LUCIFER, Wildside Kennels
HOMER, O.Stevens
NELIS, King Limey*
LITTLE GEORGE, Phil
OTIS, Crenshaw
LITTLE JOHN, Voyles
PEDRO, Snakeman
NIGGER, Mayfield
RATTLER, Busenbark
OILER JR, Cherokee Kennels
SACK, McCool
RED ED, Larson
SUNDANCE, Rebel Kennels
RED MAN, Hard Core Kennels
TAZ, Rolling Hill Kennels
REUBEN, Smith & Williams
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VIRGIL, O.Stevens
ROCKY, Crews
SNAKE, Mayfield
YELLOW JOHN, Chavis
SNOOTY, Wood
357, Super Kennels
TERMITE, Carolina Kennels
ANDY CAPP, R.Hall
TEX, Mr. K.
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GATORSON, R.Sorrells
TWO EYES, Fat Bill
GONNER, Randy
VENGEANCE, Killer Combine
IRON SPIKE, Norrod
JESSIE JR, McCollum
TIVERTON, The Untouchables
BAD BILLY, Smith & Walton
RED DOG, Red B.
BULL BOY BOB, Patrick
RED JERRY, B.Sorrells
ELI III, Harris
SPANKY. Hargroves
EMILE, Thibodeaux
TRUCK, Matlock
FEMALES
HONEYBUNCH, Crenshaw
THINKER, The Chosen Few
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BREAKER, Hard Core Kennels
BUP, Mr.K.
COLLEEN, Losco
CRAZY TIPPI
AWESOME BABY, Stone City Kennels
DAISY MAE, Ratliff
BOOGER, Road Warrior Kennels
GERALDINE, Bulldog Heaven Kennels
LIMITED EDITION, Boyles
GO GO GIRL, McCool
MISS KIM, L.G.
HANNAH, J.Lee
SHANA, Nasty Man
HONEY, Pinolero
JILL, Duprel
ANGIE B, Byrd
LUCI, Yankee Boys
ASSASSINATOR, W.C.C.
LUCY, Ozark Jim
CATFISH, L.Lewis
MAGGIE, Havana Boys
DIRTY JERSEY, Back Street Truez
MEAN JOLENE
DIRTY MARY, Boyles
MISS CHAMP, Hackman
DOLLY, Hollingsworth
PEPSI, Hard Core Kennels
JILL, Wright
MISS POOL HALL RED, Irish Jerry
LADY UNDERTAKER, Boyles
QUEEN, Looney Toons
LITTLE BIT, L.A.Dream Team
RED BABY, Patrick
LYDA, McCollum
RED LADY, Hollingsworth
MISS LEAKEY. Undertaker Kennels
ROW, Barbwire Kennels
RAMONA, O.Stevens
RED PINKY, Giroux
TATIS, Blackrocks Knls
SAPELO, Rolling Hill Kennels
TUG, King Limey*
SPIDER, Tomsic
SUNSHINE, City Slick
AUTUMN, T.K.O.Combine
T-CUP, Voyles
BAD BECKY, Can-Am Boys
* indic ates NON USA dog
Jack Kelly
P.O. Box 476
Jefferson, GA 30549
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his month marks a special

The Sporting Dog Journal is a publication, published solely

erature featured in this magazine is a work of fiction. Names,

God created everything in 5 days,

and illegal activities. You should keep away from dogfighting

This months cover features a

BIS, GIS, SDJ BEST FEMALE OF THE

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The Chosen Fews Ch Awesome Buck ROM

I am a writer with a vivid imagination. I have had

nce upon a time, a long time ago,

him pull with one of my own dogs. I found

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of here before we KKK hang you from a tree.

other person would have done the aftercare

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Awesome Buck was not breed a lot,

Each of these dogs has amazing merits

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for that. To the opponents who were

MACHOBUCK vs AWESOME BUCK

AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF MR.CLEAN

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wasnt true. However, I am curious by nature,

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chains, as they dont want to use them, as they

in her chase and kill of prey, but that behavior

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Mickeys over mothering was certainly

Bulldogs are anti-social animals and cant be friends

long-time friend wanted a game-bred dog for

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need it and getting the people that need it

Socialization - Properly socializing your dogs is critical to their

The goal of every dog owner should be to help

onflicting advice is everywhere.

House your dogs like Olympic

Pay ttention to your dog - Dont

Feed a Complete Raw Diet - The

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Exercise - Dogs thrive on exercise.

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Schoolboys Mr. Rowdy

Greeting Fellow Fanciers! The editor of the SDJ

ll just come right out and say it. Mr.

Sissy, was her mama because shes the one

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form Mr. Rowdys ordeal Angie went back

leave his side till we were back home. That

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until the job was done. Mr. Rowdy has this

an all-around dog. Good in the pit, good with

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His grin cooled my anger and from that day

skinny waist. He was ugly but it was beautiful

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burned it off by being so active. I got

weigh in and wash he wanted to fight

honestly, both of us were enjoying every minute of it.

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