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As some of you already know our late benafactor Zeus blessed me with this fine young hound. He is a true western big game hound with his foundation traceable thru ranch records back to the hounds of the one and only Ben Lilly. He is a powerful moving machine 80 pounds of rawbone muscle, redtick hide stretched over a perfect frame. His bellowing bawl mouth will shake the ground, and his tree bark can be heard for miles. He is now registered Majestic thanks to Steve Morrow and their fine group. His first and only litter of pups are on the ground and now approaching a year old. Reports at seven months found these houndy redticks trailing lions for many miles locating and treeing with the older dogs and fighting with grit and style. These dogs make bear , and jaguar dogs! They will stand their ground!

The reason I am posting this is I feel this hound has somthing to offer the big game world that has not been very abundant and still isn't. He came from the roots and the ground up . I have no qualms as you know with coon hounds that become and produce good big game dogs. Why should I I own a bunch of them . But I think the standard was set a long time ago and we have been trying to maintain or even attain it for years.
So I am not standing this dog at public stud, but I will via e-mail or written mail ( no phone calls please) correspond with truely interested hunters who might have a female that they think would compliment and possibly produce when bred to this dog. I know it is all a gamble if you are not line breeding, but you have to start somewhere. I already have one proven cross and that is from dogs I have been personally hunting and breeding for several decades.

So ponder it, come watch him and hunt with him. Poetry in motion for sure and still can turn it up to over 30 MPH. Heat doesn't bother nor does cold. Gentile as a lamb, but will not be pushed. A true charmer. All breeding done at my place and no shipped semen at this time.

Mike Leonard
Leonard's Southwest Big Game Hounds
2 CR 3399
Aztec, New Mexico 87410


Mike Leonard

Bruce is surely looking down with a big ole smile on his face Mike

I thinks so too Scott. This is really a nice young dog, and he has done well on lions and bear so far. Haven't really found a hole in him.

It's always nice when you have a young dog that is honest and trys hard to please and he does. He also has just a tremendous amount of personaility about him. He always has fun out hunting and even if there are no tracks around he will find somehting to amuse himself. About a year ago I was riding my horse up a narrow creek in Utah in some beautiful canyon country. It was just a nice spring day and the turkeys were gobbling and the little creeks was clear. We had to cross it in about every bend the way it wound thru that canyon. Well Hagar got to noticing the small fish in the creek as they darted away. So away he goes just running for all he is worth out in a big circle and comes flying back at one holes in the creek and just takes a big dive out in there and dunks his head under water trying to catcha fish. Well he didn't but it was so funny I almost fell of my horse. LOL!

Here's one just for you Mike out of our old shade tree archieves.

Posted: 08 Oct 2005 07:42 pm Post subject:

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Mike,
.......you are so right. I just came off of 7 days in the mountains with my new pup Hagar. He was 4 months old the day I got there. I lost him twice in the thick brush, but when I rode back to camp, there he was. I made one big circle, and he stayed right there with the big dogs. This is the smartest pup I have ever owned, and what a thrill to see him progress. For me, that is what it is all about........riding a good horse, in the woods, and watching the dogs work. It is truly a "Disease."

Take care and best of luck with your pups.

Bruce

WOW! Sort of made me feel funny reading that. How fast time flies by and how quickly things can change.


There is some lyrics in an old song that are so true.

ENJOY YOURSELF,IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK

cool I found a new word to describe this thing we call hound dawgin, I used to just say I'm addicted, but I'm "deseased" sounds a little better, lol maybe I will get some sympathy gas money if I say that lol. Hagar sounds like an awsome dog and I hope I have one like that some day. congrats Mike.
Josh

from a long time reader since Zeus had the forum I really enjoyed reading this thread !!!!!

I have hunted with Hagar and he is everthing Mike said he is and more. He is one helluva a hound. I am impressed with him and can't wait to see some pups on the ground in 1.5 months. I would like to have a pack of similar dogs.

Thanks Mike

Dan V

I thought I'd post a little proof...this is my daughter of Hagar, I call her Scar. She is Currently 11 months old, made her 1st lion tree at 5 months of age and has never looked back. Trailed, treed, and located her first bobcat at 6 1/2 months old. She will methodically trail a cold track, smoke a hot track, fight on the ground, or sit back and tree- whatever the situation calls for. Deep bawl on trail, relentless in a ground fight, chop growl under treed game. All this before her 1st birthday. Here is a puppy photo, a recent photo (taken with a shaky hand), and one on the chain.
All the best, -Ethan

Who is the mother to your Haggar pup Ethan? Did that dog come from Chris Todd?

She did come from Mr. Todd! The mom is Misty, who I believe is a 6 or 7 year old hound.

Great! keep us posted on how she does. I like that blood and wouldnt mind getting a pup in the future out of hagar and maybe another nice Terrell Shelly female.

cool, I've been running her on a lot of barn lions lately, and she has done real well on the dirt. Up until now, all of her cat experience has been in some sort of snow- ranging from fresh to super hard crust, and patchy.
I forgot to mention she is very tough footed, has good bone, and joints. Besides all that she is catty in the rocks and cliffs.
And a darn pretty dog too!

Misty the mother to Ethan's pup is out of my late great Josie who was a double Big John bred redtick out of the old Arizona strain of hounds owned by Giles Goswick. The father to Misty was also one of my deceased hounds Gunner who was a Nance bred walker dog bred up by Jeff Allen of Kanab, Utah. both of these dogs were superb dry ground lion dogs. So this puppy's background reads like a history book of big game hounds.

It sure sounds like you all are "Doing Some Great Breedings" Sure wish I was alittle closer ... Sure Like Hagger !!!