Goemon (Got the BAN STICK)

Dibo was heavy Corvino, from Shorty and Gimp.
A lot of Irish blood, very little if any Colby. I have the ADBA Pedigree (800-95) of him in front of me.
Many consider the Dibo dogs to be Feeley dogs.
As for Feeley, he was one of the best ever handlers/conditioners, an expert at matching dogs.
As Dick states: "Feeley put together a family of dogs he had imported from Ireland who were of the famed Old Family bloodlines."
It was said the Feeley dogs were intact up until the time of the Korean War.

I know many that disliked the Heinzel dogs, but it should be known Howard didn't breed Dibo.
Dibo was actually bred by an amateur named Smith. Heinzl acquired Dibo through a trade.

You know St. Francis, as do I, that we have dogs down from the Feeley era, that can trace back to the original Old Family Reds,
dogs off of Corcoran, Shipley, Bruce, etc.
Feeley is perhaps one of my all time favorite dogmen....

Firehazard

Yes he was, that Oklahoma Kid... it must be part of that red dust in the blood....

Shorty and Gimp were littermates and I see a compliment to both sides of those two as they are 50/50 OF and Colby .. these were good dogs as they were both sub strains from Paddy primarily.. ... There is no way to compliment one strain or the other here in modern terms of OFRN and COLBY these are simply PADDY bred dogs.. or IRISH.. however when people say Irish they slump off Colby.. well that doesnt work as you see his work handed down and bred double tight is responsible for 50% of those genetic traits. So PADDY works best as it is most honest to the dogs, the strains, the men, the work and also make any OFRN/COLBY or debate of origin comletely MOOOOT.

Paddy bred dogs..................

Feeleys work .. good stuff, what others did with his stock; not so good, or just washed out in another strain.

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