In my line, there is a preponderance of Tonkawa as Roemeo is very linebred dog bred by Mary out of two dogs bred by Hendrix Harper. (Tonkawa goes back to mostly Ruffian dogs with a small amount of X-Pert). Click on their names to see their pedigrees. Some of my favorite am staffs were bred by Hendrix Harper of Tonkawa and are pictured below.
I also fell in love with some other old lines, finding that they had something great to add to what I am trying to accomplish, and I thank those breeders that are helping me to achieve the dream of producing the best amstaffs I can.
Dogs that I currently own go back to Rowdytown, Old Sierra, Buena Vista, Tonkawa, a bit of Sindelar, a bit of Magnolia, a bit of Rounders. I feel very lucky to have such a gene pool to work with, and I will not limit myself to "just" Ruffian since I've seen some problems with tightly breeding on that line, although I definitely believe it to be the greatest line that has existed. I love the fiery intelligence of the X-Pert dogs and feel proud to have added their contribution to my breeding.
(this page will take about 5-6 minutes to load over a 56K modem but the pictures are worth it)
Ch Tonkawa Chief Red Cloud, OFA
3/15/1983
I took one look at this dog and was hooked on Tonkawa. Roemeo's paternal grandfather and brother to Carmel Candy.
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(in Tai's pedigree)
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Roemeo's maternal grandmother and sister to Big Tex
2/15/1984
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Ch Tonkawa's Big Tex, OFA (Roemeo's Sire)
Son of Red Cloud
2/15/1984
Picture used with permission of Jodi Petiach of Sunbolt Am Staffs. Please obtain owner's permission before using.
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Ch Tonkawa Texas Two-Step (Roemeo's Dam)
Daughter of Carmel Candy
05/29/1988
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3/5/1978
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Ch Ruffian Hercules of Har-wyn
02/22/1969
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Ch Grand Prix Icon O'Class, OFA Excellent
(Sydney's sire)
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Ch Grand Prix Ravenstar Tarkus
(In Tai's and Syd's pedigrees)
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Ch Grimloc's Woodys Gone Rudy
(Orion, Samson and Tristam's grandsire)
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Can Ch Sierra's Max Bandit
In Remi's pedigree (greatgreatgrandsire)
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BISS (National) Ch Knight Crusader (2 pics)
The following dogs also appear in my dog's pedigrees
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5/30/1973
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7/7/1973
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2/22/1987
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Int/Can/Am Ch Chi Town Chester B Good
Amy's father, Amber and Breeze's grandsire, Killian's great-grandsire
6/11/1990
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Amy's grand-father
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04/29/1949
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BISS/BIS Ch Ruffian Red Rock of Harwyn
09/15/1972
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06/23/1946
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1940?
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1930
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Ch Harris' Chata De Chatsworth
09/22/1947
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03/19/1952
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Ch Rossmore's Naughty Knight CDX
05/13/1950
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BISS Ch Rowdytown's Hardrock Cafe
(in both Tai's and Sydney's peds)
09/02/1987
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06/14/1960
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8/29/1965
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I loved this dog!
11/26/1972
Picture used with permission of Jodi Petiach of Sunbolt Am Staffs. Please obtain owner's permission before using.
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1/15/1974
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