My first ever stud dog was Dual Grand Champion Beech River Sputnik (1969). My first airplane ride ever was to fly to Clovis Stanfill's and spend two nights hunting Sputnik. My half of Sputnik cost me my lifetime savings and I also spent the same amount of M.C. Blackmon's money for his half of ole Sputnik. I had been sold on English dogs by ole Grand Nite Champion Blackmon's Blue Boy.
We bred a Blue Boy bitch to Sputnik and got the original Grand Nite Champion Neuse River Dooley. Roscoe Young bred his Hall of fame Piney Mt. Lady to Dooley and we got Grand Nite Champion Neuse River Dooley II. From Dooley II came Grand Nite Champion Neuse River Rambo. Out of Rambo came a nice pup that I wanted to impress a Walker man with and so I sold him a pup that became known as Michigan Swamp Rooster.
Out of Rooster came many Grand Nite Champions including my Mcgruff dog who is the grand daddy of one of my current stud dogs, Big Money. I am proud of what my dogs have done and even more proud of the friendships created along the way.
