Message #503796

[TazD]

Warrant. This is a first breeding of these two. The male Gator (2.5yrs old) is out of a Partin/Ben breeding that were cattle dogs. The female is out of my Ringer dog and a friends dog. Ringer is out of cattle and hog dogs from the Sebring area. He was to rough on cattle so that is how I got him. I bred Ringer 2x. One to a female out of dogs named Josie, and all those pups were used on hogs. They were all very catchy and rough, athletic dogs. Then 1x to Whiskey. She only had the 1 gyp. I only keep males so my buddy has here. My friends dog Whiskey came from a rancher up in North Florida. He was breeding his own for cattle work for yrs, and Whiskey wanted to hunt hogs and not cattle, but the other 3 the rancher kept were good cattle dogs.

Gator will go to the front of the hog and if he bays, will stay there, if they break he will hit their ass/nuts and sit them down and if he still bays and did not catch, he will stay out front till another dog shows up and then they usually catch out. I have not hunted Gypsy, my buddy who has my dogs and helps me hunt and finish dogs has. She is a out front, rough bay dog. Not as much catch as the Gator, but will catch smaller hogs and bay the rank ones.

My breeding of Zipper (Campbell family's Florida Cur dog) to Fancy (Messick/Morgan) produced hog and cattle dogs. The male I kept is only used on hogs, but watching him on hogs I believe he would do very good! If he bays, it's out front, slobbering in the hogs face, if charged, side steps and usually catches! I think they would work on cattle, but they might be catchy! Ringer was that way. He was catching out on the cattle, then the same thing with hogs, so that's why I got him.