ENGLISH SETTERS
FDSB & AKC REGISTERED
We are proud to have the opportunity to carry on the legacy of the Johnny Crockett line. Johnny Crockett won the 1970 National Championships and is the only English Setter to have won since 1946. Our breeding stock also carries the bloodlines of Bozeann’s Mosley and Calico’s Future Force as well as other multiple champions.
We look forward to further improving this line and promoting through field trials and hunt tests in 2010.
Historical Lineage
Johnny Crockett
When Johnny Crockett won the event in 1970, Boy Dog (as he was called) was owned by H. P. “Hank’ Sheeley of Irving, Texas. The stylish English Setter was handled by W. C. Kirk of Bowie, Texas. Over 25 years ago in American Field, K. C. Kirk was quoted saying, “When ‘Boy’ captured the National Champion in 1970 - the only setter to win that glorious crown since 1946 - it was one of the greatest moments in my life.” He was named the Top Field Trial Dog by Purina 1969-1970 and was named to the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 2007.
That year American Field Magazine writer William F. Brown’s reported on the Championship. Of Johnny Crockett, he wrote:
His followers exulted with the excellence of his bird-finding efforts, the amount of game he found when birds were hard to come by. Johnny started with an attractive, fox-like gait . . . indicative of the route-goer. He was under remarkable control throughout the three hours, a pleasing rapport between him and his devoted handler, W. C. Kirk.
Bozeann’s Mosley
Known as Rocky, Bozeann’s Mosley broke the all-time Setter sire record, previously held by Hall-of-Famer Sports Peerless for over half a century. Through artificial winners with a total of over 900 wins at all levels of trial competition. The love of Rocky by his owners, our friends Loyd and Ruth Bozeman, was such that the threesome were only separated twice during Rocky’s life, one time being to accept an invitation by Norway’s Royal family to consult on their own dog breeding program. He was inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame in 1997.
Ch. Calico’s Future Force
Calico’s Future Force, called Buddy, was whelped on February 1, 1997. He placed third in the National Pheasant Shooting Dog Championship, won the 2000 Northeast Open Shooting Dog Championship, and is a two-time runner up in the field.