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EWO
A little before my time. I never met him. The dog that made him famous was his half of the Red Boy-Jocko dogs, the Ch. Jocko dog.
Back when I was a kid they were referred to as Jocko-Red Boy dogs as Jocko was the half of the breeding that was getting it done. For whatever reason, the Red Boy popularity sky rocketed over the years and in time they became Red Boy-Jocko dogs.
If someone can get CYJ to log on for this topic he can answer this question way better than most any one else.
A bulldog story......There was a dog named Cotton. He was owned by a guy just getting started in the dogs. He listened well and received a lot of help in the first show. Cotton won impressively. When Cotton came back out for #2 his new owner 'did not want help' as he had mastered the dogs. He bought a mill. The keep comprised of the dog running the mill for as long as the 12 pack and a couple of joints would last. On show night Cotton was nothing more than a dish rag. He got drug. The guy looked over and told his corner man I f%^&Ked Cotton up and it was a silent nod in agreement. Cotton made a game scratch and it was all he had. On the other dog's scratch Cotton had nothing left. The other dog toed the line.
On the ride home the first hour was how he regretted f'ing up a good dog. The second hour of the drive after 12 more cold ones, maybe ol' Cotton was not the dog they thought. On the last hour Cotton was a cur and it took the show to find it. The other guy on the driving said he would buy Cotton, his collar, his barrel, his chain and his axle for $300. Cotton was bought just before they got home.
Cotton was put back out there. Mr. Chavis picked the weight up and told everyone he knew that Cotton had nothing left in #2 and did not think he would be all that on his next trip out. He called twice a week to let the new owner know he would be waxed and waxed in short order. He was quite confident and quite full of himself. I always wondered if the confidence was in his dog or the fact Cotton did not show well in #2.
Cotton showed up, in condition, shaped by one of the best ever. Cotton changed Mr. Chavis' mind about a lot fo things that night.
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EWO