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Best grade dogs I've seen:
GrRch Coal Creek Sis= Bramlett(Akc) x Sebree's Blackjack line(grade).
GrRch GrBch Hammertimes Tuff Tilly= GrRch Powells Cotton x ?
HOF GrRch Powells Cotton, only saw him run once but he was (is?) tough.
GrRch Sebree's White Lightining, fast, tough little dog, even as an older hound
Rch Brush Creek Dixie, consitant, would always show the meat, could be alittle biased as I owned her . She was out of Sangamon Ridge RC x Burr Oak Queen
Rich Linville
Rebel Yell Kennels
akc Black and Tans/Blueticks
ohio state champ,virginia state champ,pa.reserve state champ,9th and 7th at the world,only to get beat by a check in semis.4th in spring nats,and won who knows how many club hunts.AND THATS JUST WHAT I CAN REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
stretch is by far the greatest trial dog i ever had the pleasure of owning,and possibly ever will.
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max is the man,no doubt.i really like that dog,hopefull he is still kickin when we have some pups out of stretch and dolly,could you amagine breedin a nice female out of stretch to max,lp extrordinair.
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hall fame bruners lucky was a great one to watch and she won about every big 5 hunt there was. as well as cody sharps jackson waits ky sally all showed they could win anywhere.
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The best grade dog I have see would absolutely be Dave McGuire's Mario dog, who actually passed away a couple years ago.
I am sure most of you Little Packers in the Ohio, KY and WV area will remember him. Dave trialed him until he was 12 or 13 (no joke) but he would say that Mario was only 9 or 10 years old. At that age the dog still had speed and is possibly the best jump dog I have ever seen. Dave didnt breed him much outside of his own stuff, but one of his offspring was McGuire's Duke which also placed in the top 5 at the world in the Champion class.
Mario I believe was out of Goosecreek Sam. He could have been papered but Dave new the papers wouldnt help old Mario run a rabbit any better! I know it didnt take old Mario long to Grand in Little Pack, and he won the first trial he was ever entered in.
I have seen alot of dogs mentioned on this post, but it would be very hard to top what Mario did in and out of field trials.
i haqve had 2 reall good grade dogs in the past.. ones name was angel she championed out in 7 hunts i beleve it was didnt place in the 1st 3 then got 7th ,1st 7th 1st which mad eher a champion she was a great jump dog best i ever seen and pretty descent check dog as well,,, susie was a good hunter byut not a jump dog but was a very nice dog but just would stop hitting a deer every greta now and again!both r gone now!
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Bruners Big Ben
Cody's Sharpe Jackson
Vest's Lacy
Vest's Tipper
Earl Bruners dogs are some of the toughest in the country. Papers or not. One of the best breeding programs around.
Id say the majority of World Hunt Winners Total would be NKC registered only. But that will change in the upcoming years. AKC hounds are starting to outnumber the grade.
ole Redman, now 14 and can still hammer 8hrs. but not as fast.
Trixie, been gone for several yrs. now, super jumpdog, never any trash, trained a bunch of pups with her.
Daisy, red/white female .now retired.
Ive beagled for 25+ yrs. now and have traveled to different areas buying akc dogs , tried about all bloodlines but the grade ones above have by far been the best.
I no longer register mine as im not in it for the trials or selling and figure i can use the money on other things thats needed more than papers.
I got linebred Branko's and Striker pups this yr. that wont be registered.
Gooden's and bad ones in all, but what upsets me the most anymore ,no matter how good the dog, if it ain't got papers its no count to many.
Brad, don't know if you know Tony Ball but he has got the best grade female I've ever seen he calls her crickett one of the better jump dogs I've ever seen and can run a rabbit like she is tied to it
Id say one of the best grade dogs I owned and the last one I owned was LPRC Weedeater Steel. He could get it done in his prime, in the heat or the dead of winter. Hard huntin jump dog, with check power. He was 13" of pure power as a young dog. I dont think he ever took less than a top 5 at any hunt I had him in. He was out of Smiths Weedeater Drive (branko) X a linebred Rudy female. The female was a double cross of Crains HH Brownie X Ky. Mtn Rudy.
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The huntingest dog i ever laid eyes on was a grade dog that was given to a friend of mine. If Fatty didn't jump rabbits it was because they just weren't there and was the grittiest little hounds i have ever seen,she was aways ready to go and if we didn't take her she'd get out of her pen and come up on the strip mine and find us,she died a couple of years ago doing what she loved and i can still here that little hound in my mind,and i have one of those arha grade females that i won't leave home without,she's about 10 now and lays on the porch most of the time,but when she heres me rattling dog box doors or collaring those other dogs she'll be standing at the tailgate waiting to go and comes out of the box looking for a rabbit and has been known to give me that look when i miss one,like i did my part what's yor problem ,Sissy will die here and i'll mis her little squeaky voice when she's gone Denny
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My buddies Mikel Dollins and Swampboy on here have a male GRCH named C & D's Cane Creek Postman. He is the real deal in Little Pack. He doesn't get to go to any of the big hunts. Hopefully he will this year.
. She was out of Sangamon Ridge RC x Burr Oak Queen
,Sissy will die here and i'll mis her little squeaky voice when she's gone Denny