Mink, Jago, Crok, Bloodlines - Page 4

Uh oh, Shelly. I mean no disrespect, but I don't think you're going to like my little black female. She's got Mink in the third remove, has that "Mink" head and light bone, but she's honest as the day is long and has the stamina to run from here to Boston and back.

I'd probably like her fine. My stud dog CORRECTS a LOT of structural/conformation issues. He also carries the black recessive. That's what makes him so valuable in this country: His ability to improve the progeny of what he is bred to. I like ANY dog that works well and loves doing it... as an individual. My point is that even more careful consideration must be given in selecting the breeding partner for a dog with G structure/KK2 (and/or soundness issues) than with dogs less restricted. I look forward to meeting your little black princess! Shelley

I think we both know that in horse racing, you don't go to the stakes paddock to see perfect conformation. :) Best Regards, CM

Then again, Secretraiat had as close to perfect conformation as any thoroughbred who ever looked tr=hrough a bridle... remained sound all his life, and produced those qualities generations into the future... Just a thought.

Well right now I'm not interested in getting my dogs rated. Showing is the last thing I care to do. There will always be those who like "pretty" whatever deffinition that is. I think what I am after is healthy, workable animals with super temperament and natural ability. Some people might not like it but I have gone full circle from must be V rated, KKL 1 to--- Work first, worry about looks later down the road. I could have been trapped in that "pretty" dog world forever, trying to dig may way to dogs that could work. I wont appologize for prefering "ugly" dogs if you will call them that. Everybody has an aggenda and if others don't fit into it or contribute, you get bagged on. I like what I like and I don't see allot of hard ass VA dogs out there producing pups I'm interested in. Shelly from what I can tell, your Carol is a nice looking working dog. Care to send some vids so I can see if I might use him someday?

4 pack- Carol is a good looking working dog. He is 2x V in the BSZS, despite not having an ounce of show line blood in his veins. I'll try to get some good videos soon. I have some from last year on my swell hard-disk video recorder camera, but can't for the life of me figure out the software that came with the damned thing (over a year ago I bought it) so on the camera they stay... and I always thought I was pretty good at tech stuff. I'd like to throw the g-d thing through the manufacturer's window about now, having spent hours and hours trying to open the .ppp files that show up on my computer as transferred from the camera. When we train on Saturday I plan to stretch a couple hundred feet of extension cord from the house to the training field and plug in my huge, heavy, 20-something yr. old RCA VCR camera... which really gripes the s*#t out of me, but is the only thing I KNOW will work, dead battery notwithstanding. :-D SS

I posted a pic of Carol x Gabi's daughter, Bella, on an ad in the Litters category: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/marketplace.viewad?id=28780 If she isn't a solid V/KK1 as an adult, I'll eat her with a knife and fork. The whole litter is just beautiful. Mom goes to Neck Mainieche, linebreeding in the litter: Alfred Kuhlen Norden, Marc Herkulesblick. SS

I owned a Jago son that was the best dog I have ever owned! He was high-drive, spirited, and drop-dead gorgeous. He was Kkl1, a black & red bi-color with large head and bone. This dog loved to work! Tracking at 98 or 99. High SG obedience (the drive was hard to control, he was so happy), and high SG protection. He feared no helper on the protection field, he had so much confidence! After retiring from the sport, he went on to be a certified narcotic detection dog in a Northern CA town and kicked major a**, finding dope on search warrants when the narc guys got tired of searching but knew it was there. This was at 8 1/2 years old! He also did phenomenal evidence searches. Had the evidence title existed for the sport back then, he would have had those too. What more can I say? Except that since then, I have had a Crok daughter too (workaholic but sweet) and wish Jago had been bred more often. J

Once again go see Ajay Singh. Ive seen 2 dogs out of his breedings. I believe they were linebred on mink through jago and crok. I could be wrong on that, but they are phenomenal dogs to say the least. And good looking

Ajay, the consummate "thinker" has always had good dogs, right from his very first one, (which he did very well with, BTW) and always had an eye for looks as well. SS