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« on: November 27, 2012, 12:12:21 pm » |
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It won't mean much to most, but The East Texas Bloodline thread along with the help of Lauren Daniels and Rex Womack put me in touch with an old family friend. Mr. Joe Allen Hooks. I grew up on stories about this old cowboy and his adventures and sure had a blast talking dogs with him.
Some of the dogs I raise go back 60 plus years, they weren't nowhere near line bred, just bred between cowboys close. That lines about dead and watered down, but Mr Joe Allen will tell you his best dog came from this group of dogs. I have a litter on the ground of these big brindle stockdogs, and I've gotta carry him one pretty soon. They aren't much and probably not half the dogs most have on here but it's part ofthe family to keep the sorry suckers around.
I sure hope the pup turns out for him and makes a 1/4 of the dog his old brindle dog was. He's pretty much a living legend to me, kinda like Ben Jordan, Bob Owens, and Herschel Perry was and is to some. None of them even consider themselves true dog men but they were and are. He was a pallbearer at my grandfathers funeral. The Internet can be an amazing thing at times. Just alil something that hit pretty close to home for me, thought I'd share. Heck none of the family has spoke to him in almost 12 years til today.
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t.wilbanks
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2012, 12:23:49 pm » |
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Cool deal Ben... Good to know ETHD is good for something besides bashing Dogos...  Is that the line your Pokey dog is from?? |
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 01:12:43 pm » |
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That's cool
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T-Bob Parker
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2012, 01:33:24 pm » |
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Good deal brother!
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boone823
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2012, 02:10:05 pm » |
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I hunt with an Older man that is good friends with Joe Allen. He still catches cows for the county.
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2012, 02:33:11 pm » |
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Glad i could help u out hope everything works for him!
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BigNoseKate
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2012, 03:09:25 pm » |
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Man, that's awesome!  thanks for sharing! |
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BA-IV
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2012, 08:34:23 pm » |
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Cool deal Ben... Good to know ETHD is good for something besides bashing Dogos... Is that the line your Pokey dog is from?? Yeah it's the same dogs. His littermate sister bred to her uncle and that's the litter on the ground now. Most don't come out looking like my Pokey dog, just alil bigger brindle stockdogs. They were never line bred hard and no pedigrees really kept up with, and the men that would know are mostly passed except for a few like Mr. Joe Allen. |
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2012, 11:11:29 pm » |
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I got to meet him long ago and hunted with his stock n the past , he knows his business been doin it long time, good reed bud
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Yeller
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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2012, 11:20:12 pm » |
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Being that I'm from Bon Wier , Tx. I know well of Joe Allen Hooks not personally but he always worked stock for Newton County . I know his Bro. Timmy Hooks from when I was big in to rabbit dogs ! Small World Huh ! Your dogs don't go back to any Otto Stevens dogs do they ?
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BA-IV
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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2012, 12:08:03 am » |
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Being that I'm from Bon Wier , Tx. I know well of Joe Allen Hooks not personally but he always worked stock for Newton County . I know his Bro. Timmy Hooks from when I was big in to rabbit dogs ! Small World Huh ! Your dogs don't go back to any Otto Stevens dogs do they ?
Yeah the ol Rock dog goes back to Otto's stock. I spent many a cold morning over there drinking coffee looking at cows. You didn't get out your truck til Otto put a leopard dog up that ran around. Had a bother blue leopard dog that came off Ottos dogs that recently died of old age. You familiar with those dogs? |
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2012, 12:22:56 am » |
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I've just heard alot about them ! Ole Jimmy Barrow had some of that blood I don't know if any of his boy's kept it after he died ? The man that helped start me in to hogdogs ( Curd Walker ) has told me about Otto's dogs several times !
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2012, 12:54:21 am » |
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I've just heard alot about them ! Ole Jimmy Barrow had some of that blood I don't know if any of his boy's kept it after he died ? The man that helped start me in to hogdogs ( Curd Walker ) has told me about Otto's dogs several times !
What'd he say about them dogs if you can remember any of the stories, I'd like to hear em. I'd sure like to find out if his boys kept any of that blood around, is there away for you to get in touch with em or put me in touch with em? |
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