Red Boy Dogs

When I mention the Red Boy line of dogs, I do so because they have had a major impact in the dog game for many years now. Although Red Boy himself did not produce a significant number of champions, his genetic fingerprint lies behind many of today's famous dogs. Red Boy and his progeny originated in the

What has made this a good strain is the fact that all of these dogs have come from a proven background. Most people assume that a dog must be a champion to be a good producer. Nothing is further from the truth. A good example of this was Ch. Peterbilt. Peterbilt was a good game dog, and high hopes were placed on him to be a good producer. He was bred to some of the highest quality bitches in his time but his offspring were of poor quality, and today most modern lines of dogs have no blood of Ch. Peterbilt. The same was true of Gr. Ch. Zebo. Zebo was a devastating pit destroyer and 7x contract winner. The Old Mountain Man campaigned Zebo for 4 of his wins, then sold him to Dave A. where he went on to win three more. Zebo unfortunately was a low percentage producer, and many serious dog men lost faith in the Zebo line of dogs, and many disappeared altogether because of the high stakes cost of losing. Where does this all bring me to, well it's an example of how some dogs make it and some don't.

The Red Boy dogs like I said earlier gained their fame in the Carolina's, but their main introduction into the fast lane came with the cross of Ch. Jocko. Jocko a Carolina dog himself was a pit intelligent dog with good biting ability, something the Red Boy dogs did not have. Red Boy dogs were extremely game soft mouth dogs, with the exception of Chavis Ch Yellow John. Yellow John went on to produce one of the most honest bulldogs of modern time Tant's Gr. Ch. Yellow. Yellow was a 6x winner who in turn produced superior offspring. He ranks only second to Ch. Jeep on the Sporting Dog Journals 'ROM' list. Gr. Ch. Yellow died only recently on Sept. 7, 1994. Yellow was the first of what was called the original 50/50 dogs; otherwise known as the Red Boy/Jocko cross. Yellow had an exceptionally talented sister known as S.T.P.'s Ch. Sassy. She to had good producing ability, but of course was limited by the fact that she was a female. The Red Boy/Jocko crosses continue to live on today and are exceptional fast lane dogs.

One other point of mention, is Super Gnat's Boots. Boots was a Red Boy/Jocko cross who never became as famous as Yellow, yet Boot's holds the record for the longest recorded match in history, going 4:52 for the win. This by no means even scratches the surface of Red Boy crosses or other quality strains but is meant as an example of why this breed is so great . I haven't even begun to talk about those fantastic Eli dogs...

Mr. Jeep

Note: Since I wrote this article Garner's Frisco ROM has now become the number one ROM dog in the history of this breed.

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