Good stuff EWO ! I seen lady bird once, & bred her twice & fed her more than I could remeber.
Of course Flame once before I bred her & so on down the line.
I think they work better for me as a small part on the topside with the Bolio bloodline running on the bottom .
I have some more with Kershners /Mayfields & Cates Nigerino being added in next years stuff. I run 9 different families together now & just a little of lady bird on the topside will do the trick.
The dog up there Shot clip is a good example.
I helped the guy that owned her breed her for @ least the 1st 2 breeding's she had back then. 1st litter died so second time I helped get her bred,whelped the litter & took Flame as payment.
It was a lot more than 2 breeding's I did for the guy. Looking back I should have made sure it was my name on the pedigree of Flame but my intentions wasn't to keep her.
Just used to out cross main line of dogs.
Like said before was never a real big Red Boy Fan but Ladybird caught my eye.
She had a decent mouth ,better than her comp & was game, but the real eye opener was that she had a brain unlike most red boy dogs I had seen in the past.Enough to want to add it to the Gumbo I was cooking.
Good info EWO ,Thanks.