Sounds like you made a solid breeding decision Slim. I have hunted dogs directly out of a son of Tater named Freak for the last 8 years. The dogs I have hunted are above average track/find dogs with a lot of stick/bottom. Loose baying for the most part. Very reliable & durable line of dogs. Started and finished a pair of pups out of Freak and a pair of grandsons out of his daughter. 3 of the 4 have turned out to be really nice dogs that consistently put you in hogs. The characteristics of the male you chose look like they will compliment the Tater dogs well. Look forward to hearing updates on these dogs!
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Sketch Is out of a gyp named niko, that was bred by Monty Bennet and owned by Carlton Carter up around decatur, she just recently was killed running a hog across a highway. Niko was a direct daughter out of the TJ dog(tator junior) that Monty Bennet had. Nikos momma was a dog named Molly that was bred on mike bolens yard out of his brandy and pancho dog(correct me if I’m wrong mike) she was hit on the highway by a car as a young dog so she never got a chance to work but she was used as a brood dog and to my knowledge she produced a litter or 2 for a few different guys. Sketch’s daddy is a dog Carlton has named Boomer that was is a rigging SOB. He was another Monty product out of a dog named Cane and a gyp named sister. What sister was I have no idea. The cane dog come out of Oklahoma somewhere off a gyp named cookie who I was told was well known but that’s all I ever managed to get. I liked the good tator dogs I had been around. I had a set of 3 pups I had out of the TJ dog that were about 6 months old when I Sketch was just weaned as a pup and they all were culls. My only complaint with the tator blood is they never have had a real big handle or any idea of what self preservation was. Sketch does hunt like a tator dog, but she bays like a stock bred cur, likely that comes from the Kate dog of mine that she was raised behind.
Boomer
Niko on the left, jagger on the right. Jagger is also out of the TJ dog, I believe the last litter out of him before he got killed
Cane
TJ x Molly
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Gotcha Slim. Never had the opportunity to meet Carlton. I hunted with Monty through a mutual friend just a little bit about 9 or 10 years ago. I hunted with Cain and TJ. TJ was a half brother to the Freak dog I mentioned. Tater sired both out of different females. You are right about the Tater dogs being running dogs first and foremost. They wanted to find something quick, jump it, and run it. Handle, Bay, and stock sense does not come to them naturally. Fortunately I got the ones I hunt very young about the time the Alpha 100 and TT15 collars came out!
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