That photo of Ritz was taken on the yard of a greenhorn who had him at the time for breeding purposes...The guy tried to hook Ritz up with a female he had in heat and ole boy hit the bitch in the guts and killed her before he knew what was going own...Scared the shit out of him and he just stopped feeding and taking care of the dog....Would not even take the dog out of the car when he brought it back to Carl....Now 17 wins I don't know but he got a few for sure....The dog was a pure Animal in the woods....He thought it was supper time....The dog had a hard life....