Hunter

Hunter brought together some old-time Scott/Sand Valley and Hines bloodlines. Her father was "Storm of Black Ice" and her mother was "Pendal’s Ruby of Southpaw".

Hunter’s father "Storm" was born in quarantine out of a pregnant bitch imported from Alan Scott’s Owl Hollow Kennel in Alabama ("Snoopy of Alan Scott"). Storm's father was "Scott's Sambo of Sand Valley", a dog from a line of working bulldogs bred by Darrin Jones in Alabama. Sambo was line-bred/inbred on Sand Valley Sam and his brother Sand Valley C.B.B.J.

Hunter's mother "Ruby" is a good solid Hines bitch, sired by Bishop x Juno son "Crockheed's Badger" out of "Rugby", a Dave Sanders bred bitch imported from the late Billy Hines.

Hunter had a keen look in her eyes and a firm disposition. She was a headstrong dog, but she also had a playful and affectionate nature. She was a very territorial dog and she did tend to regard wherever she happened to be standing as being "her territory"!

Hunter was not a large bulldog, but she had a lot of heart packed in there and she never switched off. She was awarded a hip-score of 8 by the British Veterinary Association, which put her amongst the UK's best hip-scored American Bulldogs. That BVA score equates to an OFA Good under the American hip-scoring system. Hunter was heavily brindled, which is a characteristic she inherited from the Sand Valley side of her pedigree, along with her compact size.

Hunter was bred once, using the last of the frozen semen I imported from Ralph Citarella's Hog Hammer dog in the United States. Of the three Hog Hammer breedings we did, this was the litter that I personally held the highest hopes for.... but it was not to be: a few weeks into her pregnancy Hunter lost the pups and developed a severe womb infection which went on to become a raging pyometria. The infection was unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and she ultimately had to be spayed as an emergency.

FOOTNOTE: Although Hunter is no longer with us, I have left her page on the website because of the very high regard I held for her. A smashing little bitch: hard as nails in some ways and yet a big softie too.