The bulldog profile is a tribute to a great dog of today or yesteryear what
makes or Qualifies a dog to be profiled is the dog must have a major
working title that be a Sch1, Ring1 or higher or a major catch
title like a CD3, secondly your dog must be an American Bulldog
. If any one feels they have a great working dog or like to nominate one email me a brief story about the chosen dog, pictures
, a video tape will also be required as well as the dogs pedigree.
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When was Taz born , where an
when did he die
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Taz was
born on March 1 1997 at Kyle’s place in Temecula, CA.
Died summer of 03 at the Vets
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Who did you buy him from
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Kyle
Symmes
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How was Taz
as a pup
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Didn’t
really seem like anything special until Tom worked him at 5 ½ months
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At what age did he get his
first grip on a sleeve ,by who Tom??
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6 months
by Tom Richie
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Whats drive did Taz seem to
work of naturally ,
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We only
worked him in prey drive. Good
thing
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What were Taz working titles
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SchH
I through III, BST, CGC
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At what age did Taz aquire
his first sch title and his
bst if he got one ?
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Got his
BST at 4/16/99, BH 8/1/98, SchH I 12/18/99, SchH II 6/10/00, SchH III
9/9/00
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Whats was Taz hip score or
ofa rating
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OFA Good
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Whats was Taz weakest trait
and his strongest trait
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It was
really hard to get him to bark. We
tied him to a pole, couple times he
worked himself into such a frenzy that he shot blood out of his nose.
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What was Taz
full grown typical weight
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78lb
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Whats Taz highest score on
his titles
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265
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What would you say stroke
you the most when you work him in sch
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Extreme
power in the strikes, extremely high pain tolerance, and ridiculously high
jumps in the retrieve
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What did you hate the most
about him
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Too
stubborn. That’s what
killed him. He wouldn’t
give the bone up and swallowed in whole instead.
It was the size of a softball.
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What did you love about him
the most
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He always
made us laugh. Even as a pup,
he would jump on a complete strangers back and start humping them . .
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Was he an outside dog or
inside dog
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Inside
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Does have he any direct
brothers or sister from the
same litter
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There were
6 pups, but I don’t know where they are.
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If you were to clone one of
his traits what would that be
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Just his
solid nerves. Nothing rattled
him. He actually enjoyed it
when you locked eyes with him. He
would just stare back at you. It
didn’t upset him or make him aggressive, but he wouldn’t look away.
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Who were his trainers
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Tom Riche,
although Romeo and Josh worked him too.
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What is your most memorable
session with him in training
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We had a
couple sessions where the decoy couldn’t believe he was still biting.
Once time he was still bleeding from the face 3 hours after the
session.
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If you had the chance to own
another Taz would you change
anything In his training
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Probably
try to get farther with his obedience at a younger age.
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Would you say Taz was a
hardbiter or medium
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Hard
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At what age would you say
Taz went on a hardsleeve ,
was he a natural full grip dog
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6 ½
months. Yes he always had a
natural full grip.
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At what age did he start his bark and hold in the blind
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Started at
about 1, but took a yr and barking was never his strength.
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How was taz around ur family
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Great.
He was always in the house.
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Would you say Taz was a
typical Rattler dog from what you have seen off out there
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Yes.
Eva’s Diesel is just like him
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What was the strangest
moment you had with Taz or an event that blew your mind
or scared you
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I guess
when he fell out of the back of my truck going 50 mi/hr. I didn’t even know until some guy drove up next to me and
told me. Taz was running
around in traffic trying to figure out where I went.
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What was Taz biggest event
/trail he attended /entered , what was the outcome
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We
attended the AWDF but failed. Taz
wouldn’t out. I couldn’t
get him off the helper even after the judge dismissed us.
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Does taz have any off spring
, doing sch
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Snopes
Sally and Mike Stone has Smitty, neither dog has a title yet but
both have foundations in tracking, OB, and protection
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How many off spring does he
have
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8, all
from the same litter. They
all had great temperaments and tons of drive.
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When trainers work him what
was their most typical quote or assessment of him
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“What
and jackass!” Tom always
said that Taz could take anything we could dish out.
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You said you still have
sperm what is the ultimate goal or plans for that available breeding
would you repeat the taz breeding
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Haven’t
decided. Just kept it in case
someone wanted to go back to those bloodlines.
Probably make the ultimate hog dog.
I never put him on a hog, but you could just tell.
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