don mayfield

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

AS FOR A MAYFIELD BLOODLINE, WELL THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THAT ONE. MAYFIELD REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A BLOODLINE SO MUCH WHEN HE WAS ACTIVE. HE JUST USED WHAT HE FELT WAS A GOOD DOG. IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER HE HAD BEEN RETIRED FROM SHOWING DOGS, THAT THE MAYFIELD BLOODLINE APPEARED ON THE SCENE. HIS PREMIER STUD DOG WAS A LITTLE RED DOG HE CALLED MAYFIELD'S DIBO. I DON'T BELIEVE THE PEDIGREE WAS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO BEING ACCURATE. NOR DO MOST OTHER DOGMEN WHO KNEW DON. MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT DON JUST MADE UP HOW "TIGHT" THE BLOOD WAS, AND JUST SOLD PUPPIES ON THE MAYFIELD NAME, MOSTLY OVERSEAS BECAUSE KNOWLEDGEABLE DOGMEN STEERED CLEAR OF IT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A VERY GOOD FAMILY OF DOGS. TIME HAS PROVEN THIS TO BE TRUE. TRY AND FIND A MAYFIELD BRED DOG TODAY THAT'S WORTH A CRAP. GOOD LUCK.