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sconrad wrote:I have ran dogs for 26 years now and have always had a finley river in the box. If you look they are there.Cold nosed and track driving dogs. My views are every strand has the possaabilty for a great dog. I use what works. If is not broke do not fix it.The one of my females has finely river both sides.one of the best dogs I have been around. I will keep the old blood as long as I can. Bench show is not might deal but if a dog will run a 2 day old frozen track and stay treed till this fat old guy gets there sign me up and if they do not then they must GO!

houndawg100 wrote:I really enjoyed reading this post. I'm looking to out cross or find a decent female. Walker of course. I know Keith Huff and have dogs along his line of dogs. Not trying to bank on his name. I tried to breed a female with his good Cody dog but it didn't take. He then died that year following. I'm so dang giddy about breeding for some time. I'm not talking about for cash, but just seeing the progress of what has been happening with these dogs. I have a male right now that is very cold nosed, gritty, and fast. I agree that for the area you hunt that the nose can be different. Meaning that I have no idea what he may do out west on that type of terrain. Here in Upper Michigan in the northern half, if is very mountainous not with any huge peaks, but granite rock 200- 500 hundred foot changes in elevation. We are only 2000 foot max above sea level. I have had guys come and hunt from the lower and the stamina a dog needs up here is much more than in lower michigan. Feet tend to get tore up in the begining of training season due to terrain. Now that I have rambled on, my point is I would like to hear more about back grounds on Walkers, and what crosses good with the bloodlines I have. This male I really like is out of the Rock River Tuck on top with Sacket Jr and Sackett Jr's Son on the bottom. Little Lipper on the bottom too. I know what most would say, thats tree dog stuff, but I'm just saying this stuff is making it happen in this neck of the woods. I'm not a competition night hunter, just trying to improve dogs out there. My problem is I only know what is happening from people that I talk too when it comes to bloodlines else where. But I have been told by guys that travel west to California and in between that what I have going is working.