Well i guess it is time

here lately i have been getting a lot of requests in both emails and in private messeges from other members saying i should post old stories i have or things i have encountered over the years i have spent with this breed.so i figure then it must be about time then.so this thread is kind of a question and anwser type deal for everyone.y'all ask me questions and i will do the best to anwser em in this thread for y'all.

 

Any story you will post is fine by me. It's history ....I'll sit back and enjoy the read.....

 

Do you have any old photos to share with us? Maybe some pedigrees as well? I read one of your posts saying that you have been breeding Boudreux dogs for many years, was hoping to see some older photos as well as newer ones. Older stories would be nice as well.

 

ok ill bite, hey mr. smith what about a story of one of ur most high strung and crazy dogs u've ever had, that should be a good way to start

 

Along this line, add what dog was the hardest dog for you to become the alpha over, and how did you do it ultimately?

 

Were you ever able to see Jocko go? If so, would like to hear about it.

 

How about some stories about meeting some famous dogmen from the past, and personal thoughts/experiences with them.

 

i do have pictures but i don't post pedigrees or things like that those can be used to someone elses' advantage way to easily.so i only show those in person to folks that way none can be stolen or misused or anything like that.

 

most high strung dog i ever had was a scatter bred dog but all and all came from decent lines.he had a bit of colby,lightner,heinzel and a few other lines in him and he was game as could be but he was crazy as a piss ant.he was given to me in fact for that very reason.so anyways this dog was very high strung and absolutely hated any loud sounds and thunder storms but he also hated water to so even if it rained he would go crazy.so for the first 2 weeks i had him on a chain and i figured he would eventually calm down after he got used to his new home but that never did happen he would pull and pull on his chain and jump and scream and bark and flip and do anything else he could think of all to get at other dogs,now this made me wary of him because i don't like a flashy dog who puts up a big show just like still to this day i don't really care for a extremely hard biting dog now even though i have had some hard biters in my mind as well as many others in my day we seen it as a sign of fear if they bit to hard.so i almost culled this dog for being so flashy i figured he would be all show and no action.but i took him off the chain and put him in a kennel way at the back of my property by his lonesome and i figured that would calm him down and for the most part it did,but we got a bad thunderstorm not long after and he went and chewed through the front door and got loose and literally inhaled one of my better prospects before i could do anything.both dogs lived but i seen what this dog was truely worth.then about a year later it came time for a match and he didn't win but he proved to me he was about as game as you could ask for but due to what was behind him being so scatter bred i never did breed him to see if he could produce or not,because even though he had good lines behind him it was so mixed up i honestly didn't think he would produce anything no matter what i crossed him into.

 

well never did have a dog on my yard be a man fighter not one that lived anyways,but i did have a dog who liked to do his own thing and he was a eli,six bits,maverick cross i should have know better than to expect a easy going animal but i really liked both parents a lot.but anyways you could tell this dog to do anything and most of the time he would look at you or turn and go back into his doghouse so that there made me know this was not a dumb animal just a stuborn one.so what i did to break him was pretty easy and to some now a days might seem cruel but i asked him to sit down till i filled the water bowl and he didn't do it and went to get a drink so i grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him off and repeated again and he did it anyways again so i had a shovel handy and i tapped him on the nose with it and he in turn grabbed it and wouldn't let go so after i pried him off of it he went to grab it again and i smacked him on the rear with it not hard but enough to jolt him and from that day on he always did what i asked.but for the most part i have been lucky to always have pretty easy going bulldogs i have had a few i wanted to ring their necks but nothing i can sit here and complain about.

 

actually i was not able to see him go i came close but something always came up where i had to stay behind.he was one i would have loved to have seen though because even though i heard mixed reviews for the most part everyone liked what they saw

 

well wich ones did you want to hear about?

 

What dog that u have seen personally go do u consider was the best performer

 

just curious....what negative things did you hear about Jocko.....i knew the old man prety well and was around all of his dogs.....just wondering??

 

Well I understand how everyone can copy and paste things. But if you label it, they can't use it to their advantage. Anyhow, would be nice to see older pictures of dogs or yourself with dogmans if you do have them.

 

I enjoy the older pics.

 

the best dog i myself have seen with my own 2 eyes has been Jimmy boots that was a spectacular dog.and honestly he ranks up as one of the best in my opinion.now a close second would be blind billy or going light barney also both spectacular dogs in my opinion.those are 3 dogs that have always stuck out in my mind.

 

well i heard a few negative things but not a lot.it was always things like ol joco ain't game he is a rough cur and things like that but since i never seen him in person i can not comment either way.but i can comment about the man you mentioned and i can say in good faith that if it was on his yard it had to be game in my opinion

 

indeed i do have them but i am still very uneasy about putting them up online.because even though you can label them they have that deal now where they can do stuff to pictures i think it is called picture fixer or picture shop or something like that.i know it sounds like i am being hard headed or seceretive or that but all it is is i don't want nobody doing nothing with my pictures or pedigrees.

 

and you would be right....Jocko was also a game bulldog...so was yellow john.....saw yellow do his thing before Tant got him.....started with the old mans dogs.....still got a few around......