Your question of an outcross on your Weatherford Ben bred dogs is interesting. I have seen several WB bred dogs which Rodney Spivey got from E. Rathke. Rathke did a good job of selecting and producing dogs with inbreeding coefficients above 30%. These dogs are early starting, rough with good noses. Rodney produced a couple of outcrosses and he may wish to comment on them. I liked very much a litter he produced from Clue Anderson's Cowboy dog. I think he also bred to Tyson, a dog that he got from Clue, I think with good results. Clue's dogs are from similar ancestors as are in WB's background. If I had WB bred dogs I would consider breeding to Clue's line if I could.
I don't remember the pedigree on Gay's Sonny but I know he had some of the same background as WB, from Ben Jordan's dogs. Randy wright had a gyp before he got WB that I think he called RioGrande Blondie. As I recall, she was a good gyp and very rough. I don't know Burkhart's Margo but I am familiar with the dogs that Red Burkhart had. Margo may be out of a gyp called VK. VK was supposed to have come from V K Sowell of south Texas and was a good cowdog and a good brood gyp. I will check pedigrees to see if I can provide more.
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I know rodney is pleased with his crosses with tyson.
I owned a tyson x jesse male and I was really pleased with him.
