Sharp Tooth Kennels Treeing Walker Coonhounds Artemas PA
Sharp Tooth Kennels
One of the last breeders of the Original Lone Pine Dogs.
Located in Artemas (South Central) PA
By Steve & Lavena Jenkins
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. This is the original beginning of the Lone Pine Breed. Gene was always hunting coons along with Steve's dad Truman Jenkins. As a young tyke he would help train dogs and go and retrieve the dogs in the woods. Lone Pine breeding was introduced by Gene Harrison, Stanley Duvall and Donald Warfield who were determined and relentless in creating a breed that was fast, accurate hardhitting tree dogs. Our Lone Pine dogs today are built on that solid foundation these gentlemen started many years ago.
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. Two are old time Lone Pine Walkers and one Bluetick, direct son out of old Demon of Petersburg, WV. We are available if you would like to see them in the woods, yours or ours, any weather condition
SHARP TOOTH LONE PINE PUPS
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 our last year's 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
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!
3/08 - Pups available. Whelped 3/8/08. Sired by our Sharp Tooth Kennel's Goliath (Cujo). Cujo's information can be found on our At Stud page. Mother and pups picture link: Dam is PR Rock Oak Sage. She is out of GRCH GrNITECH PR Houses Night Stalker and WLDNITE CH PR Jimmy D's Handsome Hank http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Tigressangel424/
Should be available early May. Please email sharptoothkennel@juno.com for more information.
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.
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.
Please feel free to check out our pictures. Happy Hunting!
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