P.P.dogs

"Pat Patrick's Dogs"

When looking at the American Pit Bull Terrier pedigree’s of the 1990’s, it is easy to see that the "Pat Patrick" family of dogs has become one of the premier families in the country. This family is producing like the Colby family of the early 1900's, thus becoming a foundation element for many yards across the country. This abstract is going to discuss many of the subtle influences this family has across the globe.

The Patrick cross has proven to be one of the most constant in terms of producing winning dogs since the early 1970's. This family is based on Bolio, Maloney, and Clouse dogs, with the key ingredient being ‘Bolio” or “Tombstone”, depending on what region of the country you live in.

The Bolio x Ed Crenshaw cross, was established in the 70's when Lou Lewis, bred Ch. Catfish (R.O.M.) to Bolio. The dogs from these breedings were winning in the Southwest producing dogs like Lewis' Odessa a (3xw). There are still some great Bolio x Crenshaw crosses of these dogs in Mexico under the direction of Antonio Bellon. These crosses have had tremendous success even against modern day breeders such as James Crenshaw pushing his highly touted Ch. Gator to the limits.

I grew up in Texas, and in that region of the country, the Tonka dogs were the Patrick dogs of choice. Ronnie Anderson, had bred many famous Champions with Tonka (Patrick's Red Baby X Tombstone), both of which are (R.O.M.)’s. before Pat Patrick purchased him back from Ronnie Anderson. If all of Tonka's offspring that had made champion, had been registered, Tonka would have had at least 10 points on the Register Of Merit list.

The gameness and ability has been very consistent in this family. Producing modern day greats such as, Buckskin Billy, Ch. Bull a (4xw) (who I owned for a short time), Ch. Diablo, Levi, Honky Tonk, Anderson's Bull, Little Eve, and Ch. Sambo. There was also a son of Tonka in the lone star state named Red Rock, owned by the late Bobby D. Smith.

Rock, was a supergame (2xw) and fabulous producer siring loads of great dogs for Mike N. Crabb, B.D. Smith, Dean Wise, McKnight, Johnny G. and others. Rock’s most famous son is Keye’s MeatHead. MeatHead, has sired about 50 (1xw’s) and a load of great dogs. Some of MeatHead's progeny have been 3 hour dogs which is a consistant trait with these dogs. Tonka's sister Ch. Snubby, was bred to a Boomarang male and produced King Limey's Tug (R.O.M.). TUG was bred to King Limey's Nelis (R.O.M.) and produced 3 or 4 champions in 1 litter. Nelis was a double bred grandson of Hammond's Rufus (R.O.M.). This is a strong cross establishing Champions and Register Of Merits on two different continents.