Sharp Tooth Kennels Treeing Walker Coonhounds Artemas PA

Treeing Walker Lone Pine Breeding

 Our hounds are bred to be extremely fast and accurate.  Loud bawl mouth on track and bawl/chop on tree.

Steve's philosophy is "Speed Kills" and can be seen in many of the hounds at Sharp Tooth Kennel.  We breed smart long legged and very fast hounds.  They run with their heads in the air but are also very adept at cold trailing to get a track started.   Most of our hounds have big bawl mouths that can "rattle" the mountainside.

 We are fortunate to have a great mountain area in which we can let our pups roam for the first 6 months or so to become "acquainted" with the woods and its smells.  When ready they are familiar with many of the smells they may run across on tract and in a hunt.  We also will expose our dogs to not only big mountain but a wide variety of hunting environments to create a well-rounded hound.

Steve has been hunting coons, big game and training hounds for over 40 years. 

Coonhunting was introduced at an early age when working at Gene Harrison's farm in Woodbine, MD.  As a young tyke hunting with his dad Truman, and Gene; Steve would help train dogs night after night,   As he became older he became a handler for Gene,  hunting every night, sometimes all night long.     Sonny Everhart was the other original handler and they each had specific hounds they hunted to see if they had what it took to become part of the Lone Pine breed.  In order to obtain the high quality hound for the Lone Pine bred consistancy was a must.  Many times Steve would hunt a dog 100 nights in a row, regardless of the weather,  to see if the hound would make it or not.   Steve has hunted most of the legendary greats of the Walker breed and can tell you about many hounds you read about in history books or in your 7th generation of your pedigrees.

 The Story of Lone Pine Finley River hounds

 Lone Pine breeding was introduced by Gene Harrison, Donald Warfield and Stanley Duvall  who were determined and relentless in creating a line of hounds that was the absolute best coonhounds in the world, bar none.   That was the only agenda.   The hound they were looking for must be fast, accurate, hardhitting tree dogs with the incredible tracking ability.   These men searched nationwide for the best hounds that displayed these traits to breed together to create the Lone Pine Breed.  That's where Finley River comes in. Lone Pine Lady, an exceptional female coonhound that had the qualities they were looking for, was bred to Finley River Chief, Finley River Spike, Finley River Pete and several other fine males,  to become the base of the legendary Lone Pine hounds.  The criteria to be chosen was very very strict and only the best were selected.  

Steve, just a boy at the time, was sitting on the front porch at Gene Harrison's front porch when the Lone Pine breed was named.   Gene, Donald and Stanley were on the porch along with Steve.   They were trying to decide upon a name for this extraordinary type of Walker hound they were working on.  Gene had a lone pine tree in a big field on his farm down in front of where they were sitting.   He looked at the tree and said why don't we name it Lone Pine, the other two partners agreed and that tree became the trademark of some of the best coonhounds for tracking and trailing in the world. This is the original beginning of the Lone Pine Breed. 

Our Lone Pine dogs today are built on that solid foundation these  gentlemen started many years ago.

 Exceptional Finley River bred hounds which are renown for the tracking ability were a main ingredient in the original Lone Pine mix of hounds that took the world by storm almost 50 years ago.  These same dogs are in our pedigrees over and over both in sires and dams of our Lone PIne Finley River hounds.   These are the hounds found at Sharp Tooth Kennels.   Steve believes good dogs are made in the woods.  We are not about degrees and certificates although our dogs do have them. From Dual Grands to winning at Walker Days to finishing 8th in the World Hunt, our hounds have done it all.  We hunt our dogs relentlessly on coons, bears and cats and are striving to achieve the goal set many years ago.  We continue to strive for the best, most solid reliable coon and big game hounds.

We have 3 exceptional hounds standing at present for stud.   We are available if you would like to see them in the woods, yours or ours, any weather condition.

SHARP TOOTH LONE PINE PUPS   Email now to reserve your pup!

In the interest of maintaining the highest quality pup and the ability to give it the attention needed to properly socialize it we only usually breed one or two litters a year.   If you wish to be placed on a waiting list for this years pup litter, or would like to be notified when we have  pups available, please email us.

We were extremely honored to have our dogs posted on Every Dog Has Its Day  on the UKC Coonhound Website on Friday 6/22/07 and through the weekend.  Featuring our "Lone Pine Wild Annie" a last year pup really nailing the coon on her first time out.   Also shown are Sharp Tooth Judy and Annie, another fine Lone Pine hound.  You can see this picture in our Other Sharp Tooth Photos (along with a copy of the caption that was on the UKC website page) and Annie again in our Lone Pine Pups.  Two other pups from that same cross are winning bench shows and are actively interested in tracking and treeing a coon. One is actively competing in water races and is really causing comment in treeing contests with his fast chop and big mouth.  And two males are really making waves as young bear dogs.  Please see their photos in My Photos.  We are again amazed at the exceptional versatility and persistance of these dogs in the task they are given.  Pictures are posted of these fine hounds in our Sharp Tooth Pups-Past and Present.  Please note we have made this same cross again in 2008 and have 1 male pup left!  See below.

6/07 - News Update of Sharp Tooth Kennels:  NTCH Lone Pine Cowboy's Jody, the dam of our last year's litter, has been qualified for the UKC World Championship hunt. Now this is not a small thing for us.   Steve really just wants to hunt dogs, whether it be coon hunting, bear hunting or cat hunting.   He is not into competition hunting any more so we really had to some fancy talking to get Steve to come out of retirement of competition hunting.   You can see her pictures in the Nite Hunting Pictures and her daughter, Lone Pine Wild Annie in the Pup pics and More Sharp Tooth Photos.  Annie at 10 months old started really showing promise in not only hunting the coon but water races as well.

7/07 - Jodie did it again at the UKC Youth Event World Qualifier.  She once again is eligible for the World Youth Championships.   We also had another winner at this event, Sharp Tooth Molly who won best of show female.  We are very proud of our hounds and their young handlers, Bruce Hoopengardener with Jody, and Connor Poole with Molly.    Pictures can be seen of both of these fine winners in Sharp Tooth Lone Pine Dogs and On the Bench.  Congratulations guys!

6/08 - Sharp Tooth Kennels Judy (Cujo x Sable) wins UKC 2008 YEP World Qualifier in Eckhardt, MD.  Events - Water Race both Line and Tree as well as Field Trials Line and Tree.  This is her second Water Race First Place (both in a row and both Line and Tree).   YEP handler was 6 yr old Bruce Hoopengardener..

7/08 - Sharp Tooth Kennels Judy wins Walker Sectional in Field Trials(Reg.) and Water Race (Reg.)  Line and Tree in both divisions.  This makes the 3rd water race in a row that Judy has won and she is now a Water Champion.  See pics In The Water.

8/09 - Sharp Tooth Kennels Judy became a Grand Water Champion and Sharp Tooth Kennels Hercules won Champion of Champions Male and King of Show at the Treeing Walker Sectional held at Eckhart, MD on 8/22/09.

10/09 - Congratulations to Billy Boggs for his first place night hunt win and high scoring dog with Lone Pine Josie B at the Eckhart MD hunt on 10/10/09 and again with a first place win at Charlestown WV on 10/17/09.  Josie can be found on our night hunt page and On the Bench page.   She is out of Lone Pine Cowboy's Jody x Sharp Tooth Kennels Goliath (Cujo).  She recently became a Grand Show Champion and is now really making her mark in the woods!  

This past week we have had great testimonials from folks who have purchased pups born this past fall and winter and even this July.   We have had folks drive in from the Northwest region of the US again to purchase more of our line of pups because they were so impressed with the last litter.  You can read their testimonials on our Testimonial Pages.  This entailed approximately a 5500 mile round trip.  We can only say that we are very impressed at the great response of these pups to whatever game you wish to train them for, the versatility of these hounds for the types of terrain they easily adapt and thrive in and am thankful for the interest in keeping this line of hounds going for future generations to appreciate and enjoy.   Please keep sending updates on your hounds.   We love to hear about how they are doing and love to see your pictures.  Read about Bear who is out of our last fall's litter and I truly believe from what I am hearing is about to become a legend in his own right.  We do have a pup or two  still available out of a recent litter and hope to have information posted soon on them.

 Thank you for visiting our site.  We hope that you take a look at our website and most importantly read what folks say about our hounds and see if its what you are looking for in your next coonhound.

ITS HERE! CHECK IT OUT!- SHARP TOOTH FINLEY RIVER TESTIMONIAL PAGE.  If you have a Sharp Tooth Lone Pine pup and want to brag a bit, please send picture and comments on your special hound.  sharptoothkennel@juno.com

**Read testimonials on Cujo's pups. 

Steven Dix in Vermont writes on 10/16/09 about the Pups from the Francis/Cujo cross (10 months) and the Francis/Bolt cross(13 wks) "Just letting you know that the two pups that I got from you are doing good.  We have killed 2 coons with them at the tree and Mia (10 month) is starting to go with the big dogs.  The little pup will bark at the tree some and when we shoot the coon down to her she goes crazy.  I think that they will be really good little dogs by next spring!  I will send you some pix when I get a chance." Update 11/03/09 (approx 3 weeks from last testimonial)  I can't get the pix from my computer but I am still trying.  We have killed 13 coon with Mia and Moly my good walker female and the little pup has been with us for 5 of them and she really wants to go with the big dogs but I wont let her go yet because I dont' want her to get stepped on at the tree by the big dogs.

 Pups from the Francis/Cujo cross are really coming on.  Read what Deanne and Gary from Oregon say about 2 of these pups at 5-1/2 months old. The girls have already been working great they have a lot to learn but they did pick up a track on a cat (mountain lion) that was 2 days old and followed it up behind the house for about 300 yards.  We were so excited!!!!  I want to get pics of the girls tracking already to send to you.  The sure have grown since they got here. (We do have some pictures on our Testimonial page-please check out.) These pups are under a year and tracking cat, coon and the little male has had a good start with bear!   And we're waiting to see more updates on these pups too!   Well these pups have done so impressively well for Gary and Deanne they have since been back to PA to get 4 more Lone Pine Finley's to add to their "pack".   We'll be waiting to hear of many more adventures from the Oregon bunch!

Pups from the Sage/Cujo cross have been really impressive for starting early and being relentless in their quests.  One pup we have here started actively running with the big dogs at 5 months of age, at 6 months his sister is starting too and just won best of show in her very first show.  These pups have big bawl mouths.  There is no trouble hearing them in the woods.  Nice conformation and common sense are consistant traits in Cujo's pups.  Read other testimonials on Goliath (Cujo)' pups.   We have two here at the kennel and they are quite impressive. Read all about them on our Sharp Tooth Update 08 page.

 Joe Walton originally contacted us while stationed in Iraq and we have been communicating with him for several months.  Upon finishing his third tour (quite a commendation on this young man for sure!) he and his friend Johnny came to visit our kennel to learn about our hounds.    We were very impressed with these boys and hope you will check in with them if you are in their area.

Testimonials from Lone Pine Pup Owner Chris Humphries who purchased 2 males last year from the Lone Pine Cowboy's Jody and Sharp Tooth Goliath (Cujo) cross.  These pups were born early August 2006.

This is from an email dated June 16, 2007 - from Chris Humphries, VA "I am very pleased with them so far. they mind well and handle very good. Even though they were young I hunted them during bear season, they grew fast and were as big as the other hounds. showed alot of interest in a bear. hunted them loose the whole time and never had no trouble out of them and they even made a couple short runs. One day they ran for almost an hour and when they stopped, they back tracked themselves to the truck. we got to listen to them the whole time they ran. they couldnt keep up with the older dogs of course but they did one hell of a job for pups barely 5 months old. I can't wait till August when chase season comes in. I must add they are beautiful dogs!"

Another email dated 11/1/07 - "An Update on Pups:   Wasn’t able to get any photos of my 2 dogs on any trees during chase season on bear here in Virginia. Our season was long hot and dry. We didn’t tree that many bear though we ran them everyday we hunted. My 2 pups made 1 tree though on the last day of the season and we couldn’t keep the bear up long enough to get any pics. Critter the black headed pup is the faster of the 2 and the hardest tree dog I’ve ever owned. Don’t get me wrong though Sap is plenty fast also but not quite the tree dog. Both will grab hold and fight the hell out of a bear. Been going out at at every opportunity for training and they are striking off the back of the truck and have made every tree at the end of every chase I’ve put them on. They both are a joy to hunt and can’t wait til December for bear season to come in. I’m so glad that I found your web site and purchased these 2 fine hounds. I will get you some pics as soon as possible. I’ve never seen walkers look like this before; these dogs are huge and have the biggest heads, the longest ears, and both way over 80 pounds without an ounce of fat on their body. I want to thank you again for these 2 fine hounds and I hope to get you some pics soon."  Chris Humphries

Check out Critter in Lone Pine Pups Past and Present.  Pictures of both Critter and Sap are in the My Photo's Section in their first year's bear hunt as one year olds.

Another pup from this same Litter, Lone Pine Josie B is a dream to own and to hunt says proud owner Billy Boggs.  Josie has a lot of energy and drive which she displays when you let her out of the box.  She is all business on track, doesn't tree trash, and will stay treed until you come to get her (even if it takes an hour or two).  She has a big booming voice and beautiful confirmation.  You can see this beauty in our Lone Pine Pups and On the Bench.  Billy will be forwarding pics of Josie on the tree and we will be posting them soon!

Check out these and other pups from this litter are featured along with their owners on our Lone Pine Pups page and also On the Bench page .  They have the conformation needed for show, the burning desire to hunt and quick to learn.  

Please note I am constantly updating and changing our site around.  I do this to keep everyone updated on what we are doing and more importantly what our dogs or pups from our kennels are doing.  Therefore many pictures are added, deleted or moved to another page.  Keep your testimonials and pictures of your pups coming as well so as to keep our testimonial page up to date! 

email sharptoothkennel@juno.com for more information on our hounds.

 We also have young started dogs on occassion.  Please feel free to check with us.

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