HAMMER Sch 1 BH
May 5 1990 - Nov 11 2005
This is my favorite dog of all time, i have many memories and adoration for this dog to list. Al Banuelos and I purchased Hammer along with 3 other siblings (Crazy Maizy, Pyscho and another female which her name escapes me) Al took the two (2) females and i took the two (2) males. We brought the dogs over from Alabama - Mark Smith was the breeder, at the time we were looking for an outcross line to many of the standard style dogs that were being produced out here on the west coast. Al found this breeder that happened to have a litter of dogs and sold us four (4) puppies for $1000.00 cash and a Predator puppy.
We brought in two (2) each so we can make a better decision which one was going to be kept for training, then will sell the other as a semi trained dog. My puppies came to us semi-sickly and ended up catching Parvo, my mother and I nursed these two (2) pups back to health. After losing my first American Bulldog from Parvo i was determined not to lose another. They finally were well enough and started training them, Pyscho was the dog that i initially was going to keep to train and title but Hammer kept getting better and had more drive for Schutzhund training. Evenutally Psycho found a home (after a short stint with an Asshole West Coast breeder) and became a great family dog.
Well Hammer gave me all he could til the ripe old age of 15 when he finally succumbed to Testicle cancer. A good friend of mine Roberto Porras said to me recently that Hammer was the reason that he got involved with American Bulldogs this is his quote "I remember this boy. He is one of the reasons I got into American Bulldogs. He was one bad and smart dog"
Along the way Hammer produced a few litters for me and to this day I still get very many positive comments on the dogs that were produced by him. This in a way is my way to give him the respect that he earned. Hammer lives on with me, may he R.I.P.
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