Redboy/Jocko

What has made this a good strain is the fact that all of these dogs have come from a proven background. Most people assume that a dog must be a champion to be a good producer. Nothing is further from the truth.

The Redboy dogs gained their fame in the Carolina's, but their main introduction into the fast lane came with the cross of Ch. Jocko. Jocko, a Carolina dog himself, was a pit intelligent dog with good biting ability, something the Redboy dogs did not have. Redboy dogs were extremely game soft mouth dogs, with the exception of Chavis Ch Yellow John. Yellow John went on to produce one of the most honest bulldogs of modern time Tant's Gr.Ch. Yellow. Yellow was a 6x winner who in turn produced superior offspring. He ranks only second to Ch. Jeep on the Sporting Dog Journals 'ROM' list. Gr.Ch. Yellow died only recently on Sept. 7, 1994.

Yellow was the first of what was called the original 50/50 dogs; otherwise known as the Redboy/Jocko cross. Yellow had an exceptionally talented sister known as S.T.P.'s Ch. Sassy. She to had good producing ability, but of course was limited by the fact that she was a female. The Redboy/Jocko crosses continue to live on today and are exceptional fast lane dogs.

One other point of mention, is Super Gnat's Boots. Boots was a Redboy/Jocko cross who never became as famous as Yellow, yet Boot's holds the record for the longest recorded match in history, going 4:52 for the win. This by no means even scratches the surface of Redboy crosses or other quality strains but is meant as an example of why this breed is so great .

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