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Quote from Going light barney and blue dogs by Richard F. Stratton
As for blue dogs, most of them are sought out today by those who want a dog for appearance. I have even heard it said that all blue dogs stem from Staff blood. Being of skeptical nature, I tend to doubt that remark. One of the best dogs I ever saw was a blue dog and his brother in a las Vegas convention. They were both talented and GAME, but I was never able to ascertain their breeding, but they certainly seemed to have no Staff blood in them. Besides, The staff standard calls for a black nose, so I doubt that would be the source of the blue dogs. In truth, there are probably a multitude of sources, as it seems to be a simple mendelian trait.
Readers may be amused to learn that Heinzl once informed me that the last Stratton he knew was an African-American gentleman who had a strain of blue dogs. Again, he didnt know the breeding on them, but Howard said they were as game a line as he had ever seen. And Howard was very tough to please!
People with a little experience are quick to denounce Barney and the Blue Dogs, I would suggest a little caution in that respect. Barney may have not been the win ingest dog of his time, but he beat some exceptionally good dogs, and not all blue dogs are alike.
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