Bev's Ozzie Dog

[BriarCreekBeagles]

Does any one know of any Ozzie's pups and how they run? Speed, Jump, Hunt, size, and yes faults . All Info would be greatly appreciated because I am very strongly considering breeding a bitch to him this spring

[LR Patch]

If I'm thinking correct Ozzie is from Ken Hill ( ShakeRag Kennel ) in Dechard,TN. If so contact Kenneth he'll shoot you stright , they raise some really good hounds. I think I saw him run in some little pack trails but it was several years ago and don't remember alot about him but I'm sure he's a good hound.

[Bev]

Briarcreek, call Kenneth or Nick. Ozzie has offspring in the south that has done really well. I believe they can run Little Pack or Progressive Pack. Most likely he has grandpups. Ozzie's pedigree is so tight that your gonna get "Ozzie" from him. The bitch you use will throw more variables unless she's bred as tightly in her own bloodline as he is. That would be my best speculation.

[BriarCreekBeagles]

Thanks for the input, I'd say I'll be getting ahold of jim Lane to set something up to get my bitch bred to Ozzie before it's to late

[Jim Stinnett]

I owned this Ozzie dog for around 6 months & sold him back to Bev. I really liked him & if I wasnt going through a divorce at the time I would have kept him.
He was alot younger then but flat a rabbit dog. Line control, hunt he had it all. PLUS looks! He is a good looking sucker! I drew him years later at the TN State LP hunt and he was still the same dog.

I would say you could not go wrong breeding a bitch to Ozzie!

Jim Stinnett

[Danny King]

a guy up here in michigan owned him for a wile also didnt fit in with the dogs up here so he sold him if that is the correct dog

[KesslerBeagles]

Ozzie is a fine hound. I have hunted with him and watched him put on a “show”, and that was just a few months ago. A couple of guys thought they had some really nice young dogs out of a certain “bloodline” and for some reason kept riding Jim Lane about the “Dingus” line. They didn’t care for it. One of them said that they would like to see Ozzie run “but in his prime”. The next thing you know we are out there with their young dogs and Ozzie. When they went to turn loose their dogs Jim asked them what they were doing? He said we were not there to have a cut, slash and me-too contest, lets see what each of these dogs can do solo. Then he said, if it gets too ugly you can run your three young bucks together and we will see who gets the rabbit from point A to point B the fastest, smoothest and with the least amount of break downs. Now I know these guys who I am talking about will probably read this, so I am saying that they did have good dogs, but I don’t know if Ozzie happened to have had an exceptional day? Or he ate his wheaties that day? Or if he is just that good, but that day he ran a rabbit 35 minutes at a good speed and was absolutely flawless, with 0 breakdowns and ran the rabbit under an old barn to a hole. And I think he is 10 or 11, I am not sure. I do know of 2 Ozzie pups in Ohio that are 4 ½ months old and can circle a rabbit. I know Jim and his brother have a pup out of Ozzie that is 4 weeks old. Ozzie has I think 9 crosses of Dingus MacRae in 5 generations. The female they bred him to has 13 crosses of Dingus. That pup has 22 crosses of Dingus MacRae. The difference is where Ozzie had crosses of Dingus crossed with Gay Baker females in his pedigree, their female had Dingus crossed with Indian Hill Majer. But Charlie Manson has a better shot at becoming President than a person does getting their hands on that little male. Ozzie rides right in the front seat with Jim everywhere he goes, and after running Jim takes him through McDonalds to get him a “plain hamburger”, he even has his own chair that he sleeps in beside a fireplace. Ozzie is a good all around dog, I can’t think of anything I could say negative about him, he can flat out pound a rabbit, has more hunt at this age than most that I have seen have in their prime, he is absolutly trash proof, his looks are show quality and his kennel manners are great, and from what pups I have seen out of him, he throws those traits. Jim says his only fault is that he is “hard headed” in the field when it’s time to go. But hey, can you fault a dog for having too much hunt? But he’s not getting any younger, I would defiantly breed to him if you have the opportunity.

[Bev]

Ozzie is also a soft-mouth retriever, or at least he used to be. I don't know if he's brought any rabbits to Jim yet or not, but he used to bring them in to us all the time -- sometimes still alive. This is a familial trait. His sire and littermate brothers retrieved, too.

I think Ozzie's greatest talent is his focus -- the fact that he runs his rabbit and is not distracted from his work. He moves the line at such a pace that he can manage control, but it wears a rabbit down. I'm not surprised to read about his 35-minute run. It was commonplace when I would run him over at Amtrak, that the dogs would break down on a rabbit, things would go quiet for a while, then we'd hear the dogs a hundred yards to the left on another rabbit. Ozzie would open up at the same time where they'd lost the first one; he had stayed and worked the hard check. Oz would stay on that rabbit the entire time we were there, regardless of what the rest of the pack was doing. You never had to wonder where Ozzie was -- you could hear him on his rabbit. He has a nice big boomer of a mouth, and you can tell when it's a really hot line or he's gaining on one because his mouth gets a quiver on the end, lol.

Oz has a big nose and would sometimes get us in trouble at the trials on a frosty morning. He would open earlier than the other dogs and given he had to produce in 3 minutes or less, he would occasionally draw a minus. If he'd had another minute or two, he'd have the rabbit up. He didn't cold trail as such. Even running with our pack, he would open on a line a minute or two before the rest of the dogs, but they would always chime in shortly.

For those curious about Ozzie's looks, he's the dog in my avatar. A classic tri.

[BriarCreekBeagles]

Now that's the kinda stuff I like to read about a good Ol' Hound. I'm Definetly gonna either breed my bitch to him or get a pup out of him asap. One or the other That's for sure

[KesslerBeagles]

Now that's the kinda stuff I like to read about a good Ol' Hound. I'm Definetly gonna either breed my bitch to him or get a pup out of him asap. One or the other That's for sure

I know when we talked to Jim, he said Ozzie belonged to Bev but he was staying with him "as his home away from home as long as he's around" until Bev said otherwise. Concerning his stud fee, he acted that because of Ozzie's age he would like to have a pup rather than money. But even than, he said Bev would get first pick of the pup, then it would go to him if she passed on the pup. I think he is just interested in getting some "Ozzie" pups out there more than anything. He said Ozzie is good but that he knew and judged a lot of Shake Rag dogs years ago and said that Kenneth Hill and his boys really knew what a hound was and put more "strategy" into their breeding than anybody he knew. He talked a lot about a "three legged dog?" that he judged of theirs that won a big hunt {on three legs in Little Pack}. I don't remember it's name or the hunt that Jim said. I think that was Jim's favorite {of theirs}. He said they should have named that dog "True Grit". He said that dog was bred up just like Ozzie.

Hey Briar Creek, out of curiosity what is the pedigree like on the female you’re thinking about breeding to Ozzie look like?

[Bev]

Nothing has as much heart as a dog. My vet told me one time that all dogs were born with 3 legs and a spare.

[tim killian]

i have a female from the same cross but younger fine hound . also know of some pups out of his littermate nice young dog . the three legged dog is hills shakerag jerry lee .

[KPrice]

He talked a lot about a "three legged dog?" that he judged of theirs that won a big hunt {on three legs in Little Pack}

I believe this was Mr. Hill's Jerry Lee dog and he won the North American hunt a few years back. It was definitely a heck of a performance. In my opinion, that was the biggest demonstration of heart that I have ever witnessed in a hound. Someone please correct me if I have the details wrong.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

[BriarCreekBeagles]

My Grinder Bitch is Buckeye Ninja Blueboy on top and Hales Target on bottom. She has some good blood in her She's an upper med speed line control machine, super hard hunt and plenty of desire. She knows how to run a rabbit and is smart as they come and handles like a dream. I bought her from Steve Mikkelson in Michigan and he done alot of ground work with her and fed her plenty of tracks and made a fine hound of her. After I got her was the first time she had any fur in her mouth and that was all it took She live and breaths to run them bunnies.
Only problem with breeding her this spring is that she has a litter on her right now out of a tuff Ol' Alibaba dog and I would hate to hurt her or mess her up in any way by breeding her back to back but then again she would probably be fine. I just don't want to turn her into a brood bitch because that's not what I bought her for (I love to run the Ol' Gal) but I do want pups out of Ozzie and that's it for a year or two and I know I ain't got forever to get them So it's really hard to make up my mind.
Any advice on the breeding back to back would be appreciated cause I know I ned to make up my mind soon.
Thanks to all and Merry Christmas

[Bev]

I believe Jerry Lee is a littermate to Ozzie. Nick named that whole litter after musicians.