Originally Posted by
CA Jack
I honestly never liked the Emmitt dog.
I lived right down the road from the guy who owned him, was given an opportunity to breed to him for free, but never did. Why? Because none of the dogs off Emmitt ever got passed mine in schooling sessions, that's why. Those dogs got out-smarted and beaten to the punch every time, except when Bandana spotted one bitch 5 lb and was on a down dog and in her kidneys in :05. Now I have to admit that bitch bit hard, and Bandana was bleeding bad, but damn, that Emmitt bitch couldn't take a forward step to a 5-lb smaller Coca Cola bitch ... and if they would have been the same size it would have been animal cruelty .. so thanks, but no thanks, to that blood.
The same guy owned Gr Ch Sparky, at the same time, and I did breed to the Sparky dog, as I really heard a lot of good things about his gameness. I only got one pup and that was out of Screamer, and the bitch (Pantera) grew up to be an awesome specimen of a dog.
As far as Jethro being off of Emmitt, no way. Sure they were both black dogs, but if anyone has eyes to see they both had completely different builds. Emmitt was a stocky dog with short legs and threw all kinds of dogs, appearance-wise (brown, red, black, etc.) By contrast, Sparky was pure black dominant and prepotent as hell in throwing "himself" ... and you could just see Sparky in 99% of his pups. Even the one bitch I got out of Sparky and my Screamer was a spittin' image of Sparky and looked nothing like Screamer. And you can see that in Jethro too.
Jack