There's a couple of real nice articles on the dog you can google to get details. He was well before my time, but from the same family of dogs I breed and feed today.

He was off of Hammonds' Snort (Pig) ROM. You can find his pedigree here on this database. Pig was off of Rufus who was an inbred son of Plumber's Ch. Alligator. Pig was at a fellow's place being worked and getting ready for show. He wasn't suppose to be bred, from my understanding, but none the less, he was bred.

No one knows for sure what the bottom side of Melon was. Amongst those closest to the situation, the general consensus was it was a Lilly Langtree bitch. She can be found in many of GH's Bruno-Heinzl dogs from the early days.

Melonhead finished out at 17-1. Officially, not a Gr. Ch., but not bad for a guy who was 13-0 before losing his first at 8 years of age, I believe. Not 100% sure. He was either 7 or 8.

A great great dog from a great family of dogs.