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.

 

A.B.A. 5-Generation Pedigree for "Hunter" (BVA hip-score = 8)

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Sire
STORM OF BLACK ICE
Sire
Scott's Sambo of Sand Valley

Jones' Cowboy of Sand Valley

Sand Valley CBBJ
Etowah Chief
Elmer's Lady

Jones' Princess of Sand Valley
Joshua's Sand Valley Sam
Jones' Whitee

Jones' Range Gal of Sand Valley

Sand Valley CBBJ
Etowah Chief
Elmer's Lady

Jones' Bacco of Sand Valley
Jones' Chance of SV
Jones' Red Wing of SV
Dam
Black Ice's Snoopy

of Alan Scott


Dixie's Mountain Shadow

of Alan Scott


Williamson's Big Boy
Williamson's Sport
Williamson's Myrtle

Odom's Dinah
Watson's Bossman
Carpenter's Lena

O'Neal's Casey

O'Neal's Butch
Golden Patch of OHK
Dixie Lady of OHK

Sophia Mae of Alan Scott
Hawkeye of OHK
Dixie Magnolia II of OHK
Dam
 RUBY

OF PENDAL

Sire
Crockheed's Badger

Hines' Bishop

Hines' Bossman
Loki von Sanctuary
Stover's Patches

Sander's Kombat
Hines' Country Boy
Hines' Ladybird II

DK's Hines' Juno

Hines' Country Boy
Smith's Bradley Spot Bull
Smith's Dixie Darling
Hines' Snowbird N/A
N/A
Dam

Hines' Rugby


Hines' Bossman

Loki von Sanctuary
Smith's Bradley Spot Bull
Tate's Dutchess Lady

Stover's Patches
Egan's Big Bull
Tate's Dutchess Lady

Sander's Kombat

Hines' Country Boy
Smith's Bradley Spot Bull
Smith's Dixie Darling

Hines' Ladybird II
Carpenter's Grabber
Hines' Snowbird

(Hunter was bred by Kenny Taylor of Pendal ABs)