Fellows here is some more Fly in the soup. Right before Pat left Oregon. Thinking he may have moved to Arizona when he moved from Oregon.

Within a short time before he moved from Oregon. Pat and some fellow dog friends of his. I no longer remember who else or how many that Mr. Orbie Coplin named that was present with Pat. This was 35 years ago or more.

Pat came up to pull some dogs with Mr.Coplin. Too also look at his kennel of dogs. Mr. Coplin's dogs were based on some of the older breedings off Heinzl's yard. They were good dog friends.

May have been two or three dog pulls that day.. Mr. Coplin had one promising male that out pulled one of Pat's dogs. May have stopped Pat's dog from pulling. Orbie said Pat looked real surprised as you could see his eyes very well through those thick glasses. Seems Orbie got the better of Pat's dogs in the dog pulls that day. Mr. Coplin at that time was up in age. But still going strong.

Now here is the bad story part of this pulling event with Pat. Within two days or so after the dog pulls. Some one or some bodies came up in the late night. Up through the back woods to where Mr. Coplin had his dogs. The promising male that looked real good was stolen along with two of his favorite female dogs.

Mr. Coplin called me upset and told me what had happen. Even though Pat lived in Oregon. Was still a good drive from Mr.Coplin's place to where Pat was living. He had planned to make the trip. But in a very short period of time. Pat had up and moved.

Mr. Coplin had never had that to happen to him before that I knew of. He did not see who got the dogs. Strangely the dog thieves knew which ones to get. Was not a random type stealing. Never happened again till Mr. Coplin passed on.

He was a great friend to me and helped me along in the game. Even sent me two young stud dogs that turned out very well for only the cost of the shipping. I sent him a nice black male pup off Mayfield's Snake bred to my Young's (Coplin) Tina. Orbie named him Carolina Kid. The other Coplin bitch Pokey was owned by Vernon Jackson. My partner in the dogs back then.

One will never know. But there might be a little of the Coplin breeding in some of those Early bred Patrick dogs. Then maybe not. If so did not hurt the line any. Why you have to try and do your best with what you have.