R2L, I'm expecting, based on experience with this line, that this particular breeding will be an excellent source of the Hammonds strain of Alligator blood with a very heavy emphasis on the Park Son ROM dog. This breeding is actually 50% Park Son. This particular breeding is extremely tight for this family of dogs. Gary himself, is an outstanding linebreeder. One of the best in the world. He's bred solid honest dogs for close to 50 years now. He hasn't done this tight a breeding on such a few select dogs in a very long time.

I know a lot of folks here aren't real up on this bloodline and it's not of high interest to a lot of folks, but it's a real solid family of dogs. I happened to breed a litter about 12 years ago that I thought was a top notch, winning, complete litter. Biggest name in that litter was a dog in Russia, sold by myself, to Dmitry of AC/DC Kennel's that he named Diablo. I kept what I thought was the best male and the only female. The rest went elsewhere and won. This breeding I just did, is very tight on that breeding. The sire is off of Calley, from that litter. The dam, is a dog from an inbred male from Calley bred back to Park Son bred to a daughter of Park Son. The emphasis is on the Park Son x Zackitha litter. This breeding is 75% that litter, 18.75% Tonka Red Baron Blood, and 6.25% Vito (a pure Alligator dog).

HOWEVER - as tight as this is, I've seen a very few (due mostly to the fact I haven't seen this line tightened up REAL tight) that were very tight and turnd out to be dynamite. Excellent dogs. Scott's Merlin, years ago was the only inbred son of Park Son and was some kind of bulldog. I was able to duplicate a similar inbreeding to Park, to create the only living inbred pups from him at that time. There were 3. One had severe health issues and the other two were awesome dogs. The bitch was unbelievable. HOWEVER,,,,,,one of the reasons Gary doesn't tighten this stuff a whole lot is evident in the litter I just mentioned. One had extreme health issues (immunity problems), the male I kept, was sterile by the age of 5 or so and the bad ass bitch, Ms. Dubose, ended up with some kind of coon hound fever bullshit that crippled her and eventually killed her around age 5 or so.

Long story short, I may have overstated with the brood blood. But regardless of how they turn out, they could very well be dogs worth breeding to for this bloodlines influence.

Earlier this year, I bred Tupark to his half sister Jezebelle. Both are off of Calley. These pups are 7 months old. All 6 are better structured dogs than I typically get. All are very fast, athletic and all smart. One of the most uniform litters I've ever produced. I think it has a lot to do with the selection and emphasis on the Park Son x Zackitha litter. This reflects a very clean gene pool. This had a lot to do with my trying to tighten things up even more with this breeding. From what I know about this family and the limited "tightening" up on such few dogs, I expect some very solid, above average dogs. In addition, I believe they will be dogs that should be bred to for the Hammonds' strain of Alligator "TYPE". And this is what I'm after - a specific TYPE!

I hope this answers your question R2L and if you have something to add, please do. Some of the reasoning behind this litter, or attempt at least, has been influenced by this board. I've learned more here about actual inbreeding, breeding for type and how to go about it than most other places. So please, if you have anything to add - do!