Dewy walton hounds

[oneup]

I have a friend that is wanting some real bobcat dogs he talked to dewy walton and come to conclussion that those are the ones to get he said he catches 140 cats a year. Anyone got some of this line for sale hes looking for maybe two but one if he can find one would work

[Tim Pittman]

call dewey at 541-942-4376, I have his breeding and have hunted most of his dogs or with his dogs.

[Colby]

What kinda hounds are they?

[Dads dogboy]

Colby,

Mr. Dewey's Hounds are a Cross of Running Hound(mostly Old Trigg lines with some Running Walker) crossed onto Old Lines of Treeing Walkers. This particular line was developed by some of the Best Houndsmen on the West Coast and is effective on Fox, Bobcat and some individuals will make Bear Hounds par excellence!

Here is a clip of Mr. Dewey releasing some young Hounds into a Race from last month. This was the second race that ended in a Bobcat in a tree that day.
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The Old female left on the Truck had run the first Race hard and was being saved for the next day. She is one of two females that are the foundation for the Hounds he is running today.

Colby, lots of the Bobcat hounds that are successful Hounds across the Country will not work in Texas, no matter if you are in the "Piney Woods" of East Texas or the "Brasada" of South Texas. These Hounds of Mr. Dewey's will work most anywhere!

The above statement is just my opinion, but few others have been up there (Oregon) to see them work and have hunted and caught Bobcats in all parts of Texas.

[cobalt]

A little more weight on them dogs and I believe they'd be ready for the the stew pot ay.

[Tim Pittman]

A little more weight on them dogs and I believe they'd be ready for the the stew pot ay.

You missed it, I heard that they did that with all the blue ones, they was the fattest from getting left behind and not making it all the way through! Just messing with you Cobalt. Dewey keeps his dogs heavy in most anyones book.

[cobalt]

Oh Tim, you don't need to defend Dewey, he knows where I'm coming from.

[1bludawg]

Cobalt,I've heard those ole blues of yours can pack the mail and deliver it early!

[cobalt]

Thanks Robin, but i'm sure Dewey's dogs would show mine how real catdogs operate.
All I can say is, "each to their own".

[Dads dogboy]

Cobalt,

Sure hope to make it up your way for a hunt when I am next out that way.

You know your observations about the amount of condition on Dewey's Hounds was right on with what I saw when hunting with him.

But there is another thread on here right now about a Hound losing body "Condition" due to the Weather Extremes and hard Hunting. If that Hound started the Season with a little more Condition (read that to mean Body Fat) it would be easier for it's owner to keep it Hunting.

When you are Hunting several weeks straight, all day, with several races a day, in Extremely COLD (and for us in Fl. wet) weather; we find for Hounds to hold up, they need to be in a Heavier Condition albeit Hard-In Shape Condition at the beginning, than when the Conditions are not as Extreme and we are not Hunting as Hard. When using Hounds (or Equines) hard, it can be difficult to get enough Calories into them to allow them to perform at peak levels much less maintain their Body Weight.

Mr. Ben Hardaway's rule of thumb for a Hound's Condition was to see the LAST three ribs "dimly" on a Hounds side. We have found this to work well for us except in the Hot summer when we still do not want to see any Hip bones protruding. However you may be able to see 4 or 5 ribs.

Just a commentary on an astute observation!

[al baldwin]

Since I am bored will respond, some of Pepper/s ancestors were large dogs that carried more weight than most. The first time I saw her grandma she looked like a saint Bernard, did not figure she could run fast enough to catch anything. Gary told me about her treeing fox & cat and I had to wonder how she ever did it. She was for sure over weight, however I never seen her look slim in the years I owned her. The reports were her sire was even a larger hound that caught fox, cat and bear alone, and the only negative comments I heard was spot was bigger than need be, and was not a good summer time bear hound on a running bear. My friend that I hunt with, hunted spot for years & owned him at one time,so I have good information on the lineage. I found anything Cody, Pepper/s granmother lacked in speed she made up for in brains. However, I don/t believe I would have brought her home on a 30 day trial, if Zip had not already told me the type hound she was. Al

[1bludawg]

Al,I remember when my buddies Kevin and Rick made the cross that produced ole Pepper.Buck and Page were both grandpups of my ole Hunter dog.They wanted to double up on Hunters blood so they made the cross .It produced several good pups.I almost kept Pepper for myself but JC took her,then sold her to Dewey .I thought she might make a good one and was glad to hear she did.My records show her to be coming Ten years old .The good ones get old to fast!

[twist]

Deweys been at it long enough that his dogs are for real on bobcat. Andy

[buzz]

Three of my five hounds came from Dewey and I am super happy with all three!

[cobalt]

So let me clarify my post. Even though in the 2 seconds you get of seeing dewey's dogs, I did notice that they looked a bit tanky and I thought I'd take my opportunity to make a "back at ya" comment to Dewey. The only time I've ever talked to Dewey in person at the fur sale in Klamath Falls, I was handing over a 9 week old pup to a guy and Dewey walked up and commented as a gesture of friendliness, according to him, "a little more weight on that pup and he'll be ready for the stew pot". Needless to say, I didn't take it friendly, especially since there was several people listening but I didn't want to make a scene. Dewey is very good at innocent insult. So my post was just a "back at ya".
There is no need to defend him. I live in climate where I appreciate keeping hard working dogs in proper weight for that time of year. I have also hunted with Buck, who was not tanky, shortly after David bought him from kevin and for several years afterward, and know pretty much exactly how those dogs are. Nice dogs. Some better than others.
And that's all I've got to say on that.