OFRN Ads of the past (pictures courtesy of Triggeraa)

COPY FROM OFRN FORUM

If you research the OFRN history you will find that thery ran on the large size as compared to other strains. Here is an excerpt from the article "The Story of the Old Family Reds" by Richard Stratton.

"The first big splash made by the red noses was back around 1900 when the great breeder William J. Lightner, utilizing Old Family Red bloodlines, came up with some red nosed dogs that really made a name for themselves. Now lightner once told me that he did not breed for that red nose coloration. In fact he did not even like it and only put up with it because the individual dogs were of such high quality. Eventually, Lightner gave up on the red nosed strain when he moved from Louisiana to Colorado, where he came up with a new strain that consisted of small dark-colored dogs with black noses. He had given up on the other strain because they were running to big for his tastes and because he didn't like the red noses. "

Here is a letter from Jacob Wilder to Don Killen in which he states he expects the female he sent him to reach 65 lbs. Males tend to run larger.

I can reference a dozen other such documents but you get the point. A recent dog that appears in many of todays pedigrees is PRITTS & LINDAHL'S HOSS. http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/modules.php?name=Public&file=printPedigree&dog_id=37193 I visited Cline on a couple of occasions and Hoss was a big dog weighing 75 lbs. I still have many pictures of his yard and stock at the time (1998). I purchased this dog from him. http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/modules.php?name=Public&file=printPedigree&dog_id=88383 Lwei's Red Ace which was the sire to my daisy and direct son of Apache was in the 60 lb weight range. http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/modules.php?name=Public&file=printPedigree&dog_id=23991