tom garner

He thinks the guessing game is more fun lol.

 

I believe that leads to a misconception. If there is one thing that is an absolute about Mr. Garner is that he knows, if nothing else he knows. If he sells dogs A and B to whomever, and they make it big, if one of those two fit into a slot into his breeding program then that dog is sought out and brought home. Most are made offers they would be half crazy to turn down. Now of dogs A and B if the B dog does not fit or he has an abundance of that strain he could give two shits.


It would be a mistake to think 'he does not know'.


The next mistake would be to think anyone is tight enough with him to get the skinny... straight up every time. Simply does not work that way. Ward Cleaver or Mr. Robinson do not have what it took to build bulldog hill. Tom does. It always amazes me that so many people are close enough to be in the know, but what they know is a little different than the next guy 'in the know'.


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I met Tom around '79 or 80. Been knowing him a long time as well. Back when he was acquiring the dogs that made the dogs that he is selling now. He went all over and spent above and beyond to lay the foundation of what he is doing today.
I know this sounds like a slight on Mr. Garner but it is the exact opposite. May even sound like a little hating as well. Far from the truth. Granted, I have not willfully drank the Kool-Aid either.


He has ran the dogs as a business for a ton of years now. I try really hard to refrain from using the word peddler, but it is a commercial, for profit, kennel. Love of the dogs, and preserving history, blah, blah, blah. He built a gold mine, reaped the benefits of that gold mine and continues to mine from that gold mine. And do not think for minute he has not got his hands dirty, back then and even today mining that precious ore.


I'm not the biggest fans of his dogs as I have not had the high percentage view some have, but I do understand when one will stay, it is a dog a guy could ride up and down the road with...anywhere. So when I see them I have much respect for them and the place in which they came.


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You disagree that of the many dogs he has sold and bought a network has not been built, whether intentionally or not, that keeps him informed of the successes and failures of the dogs he puts out? This is the vital information that keeps the ball rolling. Or would one think he so conceited or convinced he just randomly picks dogs to breed and hopes for a positive result.


Trust me, he knows. Maybe not so much about what did not work but what actually worked, he gets that feedback. If the dogs involved are then needed on bulldog hill, they are brought home. And like I said before he does not mind spending stupid amounts of money to make that happen. Which is a great business attribute.


Or do you disagree that there are certain ones in the absolute know of everything bulldog hill?


No famous chef, or down home Grandma gives up the recipe when they are still cooking. Maybe so in the book from retirement, or to the daughter who has cooked along side her for XXXX years. But not to every Tom, Dick or harry who liked the chocolate pie. Just does not happen that way.


I have respect. I just come short of blind following.


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I did not mean Tom has a database of everything that has left bulldog hill, not my intent by any means.


When good things happen, he knows, and I am not meaning 'so and so' puppy looked good in a roll so let's keep an eye on him. I am talking on the other end of the spectrum. When his dogs make it big on multiple Saturday nights he knows. Does he have to hunt down the information? Nope. It is readily brought to him from the owner of said dog looking for another, or the next shopper who wants what just won on Saturday night.


If that dog is a needed piece on bulldog hill, that owner is made a really sweet offer. It may be cash, it may be prospects or a combination of both. That is his primary means of perpetuation. Using the winners so people can have access to a winner's puppy, access to the dog that made the dog, all in the hopes of having the same.


I did not mean he had tabs on everything sold and I do not think you meant he has absolutely no idea about the dogs once they leave. I do believe it is somewhere between the two. I just happen to believe it swings way over close to him knowing than the other way.




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