Zulu was our first of a long list of Dogos we have owned
and had the pleasure of hunting with, but not all were used in our
"breeding program" - so to speak. We have brought in several other Dogos
from various sources and even though they did not all have offspring to
add to our lines, they all had / have heart and a special place in our
hearts and homes.
The list should start with one of the largest Dogos I've
ever seen in person and had the pleasure to hunt along side of . . .
Jajome's Don Lorenzo - aka Dick.
Jajome's Raasha was the next
Dogo that we received from outside our lines. Also from Jo & Don, via a
fellow named Steve that lived on the upper west coast. He was no longer
able to keep her and offered to us.
Lee and I lived next door to each other for a few years, but around 2000
we both moved in different directions and ended up living a pretty good
distance apart. Of course we still hunt together when the opportunity
arises, but I'm not around him everyday and don't have first hand
experiences with many of his new dogs, such as
Bentley. I have been around him many
times and he's a very nice looking Dogo and has a great temperament. I
just have not had a chance to hunt with Bentley and some of Lee's other
newer dogs yet.
Then along came Thunder! He rolled
into my life more by chance than anything else. Lee had a little female
called Gina that was due to have a litter around Thanksgiving that year
(2004) and was needing to leave town for a few days. He expected to be
back before the puppies were born, but I offered to keep Gina for him
just in case they came earlier than he had figured. Sure'nuf . . . they
were born the next morning after she arrived.
Nattie was the next member of my Dogo
clan. Weighing in at a little over 30 lbs and not much taller than my
Thunder dog's chest when she arrived here at 4 months old, she was just
what the doctor ordered.
