Things have been going good for us. Bob and I have been working together to keep the pit program going in the right direction. We are doing our best to secure the future generations of catch dogs. So far we are real happy with the outcome. These proven game bred genetics work well for us and our packs. The consistent trait George produces are mostly calm, mellow pups. He has passed down the brain power in many ways as well, showing lots of promise. He's a great producer.
Just as a reference point, George is over 10 years old and has caught over a thousand hogs in his career. Four years ago Bob purchased a 4 month old female named Rose. He put her in the woods and she was a natural. Very high driven and very energetic. I always referred to her as a lil torpedo. She had some issues with being a fireball in the yard. Thankfully her genetics were proven in the woods and she's a big part of our foundation. George and Rose produced 2 litters within an 18 month timeframe.
From the first litter, Bob kept Choco, the only Chocolate male out of 8 pups. I got my pick at the females and chose Lola. That litter set us up to where we are today. It's been great opportunity and we are happy with Choco and Lola as proven catch dogs.
The pedigree has good percentages of Chinaman/Frisco. We intend to keep it tight until we see the need to outcross. Probably in a couple years we will have an outcross, but it will still be aimed towards a Garner pedigree.
September of 2016 we bred Lola back to her daddy George. She had a litter of 10 pups, 5 males and 5 females. The pups are now 7 months old and everyone seems to be satisfied.
We've got some great plans for the future to help secure more generations of great catch dogs.
My keeper from the GeorgexLola breeding is Raina. She shows a lot of potential and this fall will be her time to team up with her momma in the woods. Her prey drive gets intense when we are messin around the yard....I've got to keep a close eye on them and make sure they don't "misunderstand" each other.
It's been a fun process and I just want to share the progress we have accomplished over the past few years. The future looks good and Lord willin we will keep breeding the best to best. Hopefully bless other working homes in need of a well bred pit from proven catch dogs.
George and Lola
Choco, from the GeorgexRose breeding
Raina, from the GeorgexLola breeding
Maingo, Raina's brother, my brother owns him
GeorgexLola breeding
Dogs from the GeorgexRose breedings
Choco, George, and Hoss (3 generations of catch power)
George and Dozer, Dozer and Hoss were litter mates to George x Gretchen
There's more to add, but putting this together took plenty of my time,,I may add more later
