Pups

[Jason Dunn]

Those pups sure look good I have a old gyp that look almost identical to that gyp on the chain she originally came from a man on this site and im told she was a Doebelly shes around 13 now blind in one eye and deaf but she was a real hog dog I still haul her now and then and she still gets them bayed but you have to catch her to stop her and that's not always easy I managed to raise 2 pups off her and solid male dog I had and they are now coming on 2yrs old and are getting it done I have looked for info on the Doebelly would love to hear more about the line and how they came about them.

[Slim9797]

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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[Slim9797]

Those pups sure look good I have a old gyp that look almost identical to that gyp on the chain she originally came from a man on this site and im told she was a Doebelly shes around 13 now blind in one eye and deaf but she was a real hog dog I still haul her now and then and she still gets them bayed but you have to catch her to stop her and that's not always easy I managed to raise 2 pups off her and solid male dog I had and they are now coming on 2yrs old and are getting it done I have looked for info on the Doebelly would love to hear more about the line and how they came about them.

Man as far as I have ever been told the doughbelly dogs were just that. Dogs. The man had wild stuff running everywhere. Cur dogs, Wolf hound, greyhounds, wild cattle. He was just an old simple country guy that had managed to obtain good blood from somewhere and kept it around. He was an old peddler but he was an honest one, he’d sell you a dog or a horse in a heart beat, but it was going to be what he said it was. I think the real reason the doughbelly name has stuck and registers with people is because it was a pretty central hub of the dogs in the region and where a lot of them originated. Just like the woodruff and hutto dogs out east. Im sure there’s more dogs that if you were to go far enough back there’s more dogs than you can shake a big stick at that originated from doughbelly dogs or his yard, but it goes the same as most other old lines. Very few people have held them true to what they were. I have had a few people talk like they know the story or they have the dogs, but the old men I have gotten in with knew him personally, and tdog is the first person I’ve ever talked to about the origin of these dogs that was on the same page as I was about them.


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[Mike]

That’s right Slim... Molly was a Tweety/Winchester granddaughter out of Brandy. She got hit with the ugly stick compared to all these other dogs haha, but produced well no matter what she was bred to. We’ve had two line bred litters off of her the past few years out of my old Jase dog that has produced several good dogs. Chris Scott’s Jolene gyp, my Catfish and Lefty dogs, plus several more up north were out of the Jase and Molly cross.

Tony Shelly mentioned Clayton from Lexington earlier in this post. Clayton had a Tweety/Winchester son named Blackie... littermate brother to Molly’s momma Brandy. A lot of the dogs he bred were out of the Blackie dog.

[Shotgun66]

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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[Slim9797]

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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Tater was bred to a gyp named colors and another named purple or something like that wasn’t he? I had always heard tater was good but it was them gyps blood that made the dogs what they were. I know back when they were big everybody and their momma with a painted up dog swore they was tater dogs. You don’t hear much about em anymore. I was always lead to believe most anything that carried half the blood or better was dead and gone these days. I said early the 3 pups I had out of tJ were culls, truthfully I culled the 2 gyps and gave them male to the boy I was hunting with at the time, he probably would have made some sort of usuable dog worth having but the boy kinda quit hunting and I don’t think he ever got a fair shake once he left me. I hunted with him about a year or so after I gave him to the boy and he would hunt okay but had no idea what he was after. Just hit the boy up he said he slipped his collar a while back and was never seen again. I think he was out of TJ and a Owens bred yella gyp Monty had out of one on bobs dogs they called spider. It’s beeen almost 3 years ago I picked them up from Monty’s so I am very likely mistaken but that’s what I want to remember


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[Slim9797]

That’s right Slim... Molly was a Tweety/Winchester granddaughter out of Brandy. She got hit with the ugly stick compared to all these other dogs haha, but produced well no matter what she was bred to. We’ve had two line bred litters off of her the past few years out of my old Jase dog that has produced several good dogs. Chris Scott’s Jolene gyp, my Catfish and Lefty dogs, plus several more up north were out of the Jase and Molly cross.

Tony Shelly mentioned Clayton from Lexington earlier in this post. Clayton had a Tweety/Winchester son named Blackie... littermate brother to Molly’s momma Brandy. A lot of the dogs he bred were out of the Blackie dog.

I don’t know Clayton from Adam but I see him around. Somewhere somehow I have heard of the blackie dog, probably through one of your posts. I was around for a little bit right as Chris got Jolene as a pup. If she’s still with Chris that says something because I know first hand how hard Chris was on dogs and has probably only gotten harder on them.


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[Mike]

Jolene got hit by a train, she survived it but died later on from something else. He said she would have been one of the best dogs he’s ever owned. The Radar dog that he has and speaks highly of now is out of a dog called Big Joe... Molly’s littermate brother. Big Joe and Molly are littermates to my old Hunter dog, which I breed heavily toward.

[TShelly]

That’s right Slim... Molly was a Tweety/Winchester granddaughter out of Brandy. She got hit with the ugly stick compared to all these other dogs haha, but produced well no matter what she was bred to. We’ve had two line bred litters off of her the past few years out of my old Jase dog that has produced several good dogs. Chris Scott’s Jolene gyp, my Catfish and Lefty dogs, plus several more up north were out of the Jase and Molly cross.

Tony Shelly mentioned Clayton from Lexington earlier in this post. Clayton had a Tweety/Winchester son named Blackie... littermate brother to Molly’s momma Brandy. A lot of the dogs he bred were out of the Blackie dog.

Well heck I didn’t know that. I see it now. These are definitely out of dogs that were out of the Blackie dog I bet. They are solid as can be, a little on the rough side but we like that. Cast fine and a lot of bottom. These last crosses were out of a old yellow dog and a black and white gyp. The old yellow just died but I would bet without asking he was out of Blackie. Clayton always mentioned he came from good east Texas blood. Clayton got one more litter of black suckers about 5 months old left before the old male died. I’ll find out more mike.

Two of the males, he also has a black gyp with a small blaze face.

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[TShelly]

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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I hunted with the Cane and Sister dog one time in a tournament. Sister was a black and blue Merle dog. It was the Friday night and we are not night hunters so we left everything of ours in the trailer cuz they wanted to make a round. We drove up on some hogs at a tank and dumped sister and cane to them. They bayed in the pond for just a min, bulldog never made it. The sister dog quit and came back after 800 yards, the cane dog about a mile. I remember thinking I wish we would have collared something that night but that was the extent of my hunting with em. Never saw them the rest of the weekend. I know they were hog dogs though and don’t judge them on just one hunt bc Monty used to catch hogs with them and his rough stock in his country.


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[Mike]

Tony, I had always heard good things about the Blackie dog from several people. The one time I went out to Lexington to hunt with Clayton, Blackie was cut down from a previous hunt... so I never had the chance to hunt behind him.

[Shotgun66]

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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Your memory is accurate Slim. Tater was bred to A gyp named Grace and another named Purple. I never hunted with either of them. Below are pics of the Tater granddaughter and great grandsons through Freak. The Jake dog was my personal favorite. Lost him to a rank boar in November. Ringo is Jakes littermate. Pretty much straight catch dog. Peep is their momma. She is Freaks daughter and a good representative of the Tater line. Her littermate brother, Camo, turned out the best of them. He hunts like a competition Coonhound and bays better than most Tater dogs. Gotta have some time and real estate to turn him loose.




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[TShelly]

Tony, I had always heard good things about the Blackie dog from several people. The one time I went out to Lexington to hunt with Clayton, Blackie was cut down from a previous hunt... so I never had the chance to hunt behind him.

We’ll have to make a hunt sometime. I’ll find out how these current ones go back to Blackie. Nick, my cousin, is like I used to be. They are burning down the woods every weekend. I think I have 7 or 8 cur dogs at my house. Nick has 12, either going back to blaster and boogie stuff or those ones from Clayton. They stay cut down, not much has changed there.


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[Mike]

Sounds good Tony... I’m down to 4 and 2 nine month old pups. Crossing my fingers that I’m able to make a cross that will go back to my old Tweety gyp 7 times before something happens to one of these two dogs haha.

[TShelly]

Sounds good Tony... I’m down to 4 and 2 nine month old pups. Crossing my fingers that I’m able to make a cross that will go back to my old Tweety gyp 7 times before something happens to one of these two dogs haha.

I have that big red dog hank and a young black male that you are welcome to for as long as you want if you get in a jam or want them. I’ve got some young ones I’m going to carry and push every chance I get.


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[Mike]

I appreciate it Tony... hopefully I don’t need to take you up on that offer haha!

[Slim9797]

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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Your memory is accurate Slim. Tater was bred to A gyp named Grace and another named Purple. I never hunted with either of them. Below are pics of the Tater granddaughter and great grandsons through Freak. The Jake dog was my personal favorite. Lost him to a rank boar in November. Ringo is Jakes littermate. Pretty much straight catch dog. Peep is their momma. She is Freaks daughter and a good representative of the Tater line. Her littermate brother, Camo, turned out the best of them. He hunts like a competition Coonhound and bays better than most Tater dogs. Gotta have some time and real estate to turn him loose.




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Who had the camo dog?


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[Shotgun66]

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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Your memory is accurate Slim. Tater was bred to A gyp named Grace and another named Purple. I never hunted with either of them. Below are pics of the Tater granddaughter and great grandsons through Freak. The Jake dog was my personal favorite. Lost him to a rank boar in November. Ringo is Jakes littermate. Pretty much straight catch dog. Peep is their momma. She is Freaks daughter and a good representative of the Tater line. Her littermate brother, Camo, turned out the best of them. He hunts like a competition Coonhound and bays better than most Tater dogs. Gotta have some time and real estate to turn him loose.




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Who had the camo dog?


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Camo was co owned by my former hunting partner and me until he was a little over 2 years old. We parted ways and Camo stayed with him. He got him finished out and sold him to another mutual friend who still hunts him. I get to hunt with him occasionally and it makes me happy to see what he turned into.
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He was grouchy to the point that it was becoming a problem so I had him neutered. I’m still taking grief over that decision.....but I would do it again. I won’t put up with that kind of behavior no matter how good they are. He’s not bad about it anymore.


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[TheRednose]

Shotgun I sure do like the looks of that dog in the first pic you posted that looks to be a saddleback. Nice looking dog.

[Shotgun66]

Shotgun I sure do like the looks of that dog in the first pic you posted that looks to be a saddleback. Nice looking dog.

Thanks Rednose. Jake was my boy! He would have been a second or third cousin on the bottom side to Slim’s pups. Me and that blocky headed bob tailed little sucker logged a lot of miles chasin and catchin swine. Our personalities just clicked for some reason. We were always on the same page. He wasn’t the most talented dog in the world but he absolutely loved being in the woods hunting. He taught me that you can have a nice bay dog with brains and a good handle.



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