Tressie's Long Hunt

Rodney Fontaine took Tressie to the woods.

She hunted hard and enjoyed the rest on her

way home!

Fred Allen 1953-2008

Fred L. Allen

Services for Fred L. Allen, 54, Dickson,
will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30,
2008, at Griffin-Hillcrest chapel. Interment
will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Born on Nov. 9, 1953, in Lindsay to Gene and
Mary Bittle Allen, he died on Jan. 27, 2008,
in Love County. He was preceded in death
by his parents.
Fred graduated from Dickson High School
and worked for Valero Refinery the past 20
years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and
member of Red River India Shrine Temple.
He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors include a son, Trevor J. Allen
and wife, Lacy, Durant; a daughter, Mary
Montanna Ducharme and husband, Billy,
and a grandchild, Halie Ducharme, all of
Marietta; a sister, Connie Allen, Denver;
a brother, Scott Allen, Indiana; and his
special friend, Melissa Windham, Ardmore.
Bearers will be Jim Fischer, Thad Sandusky,
Jim Garner, David David, Tim McCullers and
Charles Allison.

Fred came to Galla Creek last fall and bought
a Spud/Carolina pup. We called her Stitch, but
he changed her name to Jessie. He loved that
dog and emailed us recently that he wanted
another one from the same cross next litter.

We have no guarantee of a certain number
of days. We don't all even get 4 score and 10.
I say go hunting today...tomorrow may never
come.

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson is of the same litter as
Bonnie Sue and Floyd. I took this in 2005
before I sold him to Adam Patterson in MS.
Patterson called recently and said Nelson
was doing great.

Mississippi Squirrel Revival--Ray Stevens

Have a good laugh!!

Lia and Spud

When out hunting I can usually call my dogs in
by honking the horn of the truck...if they are
treed they will not come. If dogs get over a
little hill or a big one sometimes you can
hardly hear them. Here are Spud and Lia
coming back when I told them to! I am going
hunting today. Big question is who will I take...
I am taking Slew as I am trying to get her in
some squirrels. Who else goes...well I have a
big list to choose from? Who would you take
if you were me? I have Dobs, Spook, Cranky,
Jim E, Carolina, Lia, Bonnie Sue Parker, Bell
Starr, Spud, Stuart, and I bet I left forget one.
In 6 month old dogs...I have Randi, Ditto, Dot,
Good Gollie, Ollie. I only hunt one or two dogs
at a time so usually 4 is all I haul. Let you know
tomorrow who got to go. It is supposed to be 60
or 70 here today.

Shammy Repeats!

Shammy and Buckeroo!

Jr. Green shared these photos of Shammy and Buckeroo.

They treed several squirrels but the ole coon thought he

could get the best of them. Buck is a grandson of Ole Rowdy.

Shammy is a daughter of Pepper (Awesome Aussie) and Max.

Little Brown Sugar Treed!

She's gone to Alabamy
Took my heart along
On the trees in Alabamy
She sangs a sugar song!

Can you Spot the Feist?

Amy in Michigan is buying another Feist...she
has one Tweek! Tweek is a fly baller. Amy is
coming to Arkansas to pick up her Feist pup
when the time comes. She sent this to us as
a Christmas card ...I don't know if all these
are her dogs, but if they are you can tell she
is a dog lover!

Floyd/Tia Pup

All the Floyd Tia pups are now sold. I like
this one...looks like Spud, Tia, and Spook.
He is going to Alabama!

Tack's New Home!

Tack's new home that his friend Wayne

built is so nice...I could live there..food

near the bed!

Tressie showing off!

Tressie is not just smart and squirrelly. She is

snappy too! She won a first at the Dog Show.

Now, we are not surprised as we knew she was

perfect.

Carter and his Feist Haley

Went on a hunt yesterday with Shawn Brown and his step-son,
Carter and Carter's Feist, Haley. It was really cold and either
the squirrels weren't stirring or there just aren't many out there.
Here is our one score. I promised Carter I would post his picture
on the Blog...so here it is, Carter.

Astrid and Opal Squirrel Hunting

Well, if you listen I am huffing
and puffing because Opal treed way
up a big hill. Also, little 7 year
old Astrid is shooting into the hole
where the squirrel is. You can hear the pop of her little gun and
hear her say "talk to 'em girl" and
"out of bbs". This video is precious to me.

Pretty Boy Floyd

The top photo is of Floyd pouting because Dean

went squirrel hunting with the young dogs and

he did not get to go. The bottom two are of him

treeing as Dean felt sorry for him and took him

along. He treed several. Dean got 6 squirrels in

less than 2 hours and that is pretty good work!

The Story of Floyd, Dean and Barb

Galla Creek had a litter of pups out of Spook

and Max. We named them after outlaws--

4 males, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face

Nelson, Bugsy Seigel, and Clyde Barrow.

There was one female in the litter--Bonnie

Sue Parker. Barb has a daycare and had

a black and tan Feist that was good with

the kids in her care. He got a bad disease--

can't remember what it was--but when she

lost her Feist she wanted another one. She

looked on the internet and found our Feists

in AR...she fell in love with the white male,

Floyd.

Barb and Dean live in up state Ohio

and Dean kept Beagles to rabbit hunt, but

he really wasn't a big squirrel hunter.

Well, Barb told Dean she wanted a Feist

and a certain one in AR....Dean thought

she could find one a little closer to home.

Barb had her heart set on Floyd...so sure

'nuf Dean drove all the way here and got

Floyd for her. Now all these years later

the Feist is Deans and the Wrights

have made more trips to Galla Creek and

have a whole Kennel of Feists. Dean does

not rabbit hunt as much as he used to...he

is busy squirrel hunting!

Sadie Bell's Hunt

Sadie, working with her owner Lee Moore

in Mississippi, out of Opaland Spud. We own her sister Ollie.

Spud

Galla Creek Ann

Ann is out of Sparky and Amos. We have her

sister, Good Gollie! Tom Collins in Texas

owns Ann. Ann's already treeing!

Rodney Fontaine

Rodney is working Tressie with a squirrel

tail here. He said she wanted it but did not

bark...my hint for getting a dog to bark is to

get them really excited about what ever

they are doing and I can nearly always make

them bark. I think Tressie's bark will come.

Galla Creek Dan

Dan is out of Nogo Nell and Amos Moses. He really

has the build of Nell. Tom Collins of Texas owns

Dan. He has a pup out of Sparky and Amos, Ann.

Both his pups are treeing and he loves them.

That is always the best part of the conversation

when we talk to folks about Galla Creek Feist...

they love the dogs. We want to raise excellent

squirrel dogs, but we want them in the hands

of responsible owners so they will have a good

home!

Dan and Ann are both treeing up a storm.

We heard from Baby Face Nelson yesterday.

Adam Patterson of MS owns him. He said

they had a good hunt and Nelson treed a

bunch. Adam killed eight and it did not

take long. Wish he would send us a

picture of Nelson on the tree. Nelson is

from the same litter as: Bonnie Sue

Parker and Pretty Boy Floyd.

Opal and Brown Sugar

Opal and Sugar take a rest during a hunt

last December. We sold Sugar to Julian

Swann. Really miss her!

Moonshine Fizz

This is Moonshine Fizz out of Nogo Red and Romeo. Red was
a full littermate to Nell. There was no training to Fizz. She
started treeing at about 7 months and just kept going. I sold
her last winter. I hope she is getting to hunt this season!

Old Rowdy

I found this photo of Rowdy in 2005. He was
about 15 and lived until July 2007. He sired
a lot of good squirrel dogs and was a special
dog himself.

Forest Rest

Yesterday deep in the National Forest I
stumbled across this little resting place.
Others had hunted there before me and
others will follow me. I try to respect the
forest and the animals there. I am not
the first hunter and don't want to be the
last one either.

Two Tia Pups

Back when Tia was our Feist...she had a litter
of pups and Romeo was the father. I found
this old picture of two of the pups with Astrid
and Ingrid...seems like a long time ago because
Astrid will soon be 8 and Ingrid is 6.

Floyd/Tia Pups

The Wrights (they live in Ashland, Ohio) have
these two pups left from the Floyd/Tia litter.
You can reach them at feisthunter@aol.com
or call 419 945 2178
Price is $300.00 each and both are males.

Responsible Owners

What does every dog deserve?

1. Food

2. Shelter

3. Exercise

4. Caring Attention

Everyone who owns a dog should provide

food, shelter, exercise and caring attention

to their pet. Randy Fontaine sent pictures

of the home he had fixed for Tressie and

we can see that she is going to receive all 4 of

the basic dog needs!

Crappie

Fred Allen's crappie fetch in OK!

Matt Howell and his nephew, Andrew, caught
these Crappie last summer--they look tastey.

Tressie and Jessie

Here are Tressie and Jessie. They are out of

Carolina Crossfire and Spud. Tressie is in

Virginia and Jessie way out in Ardmore, Ok.

Carolina Crossfire is out

of Charlie Cross' Brownie and is a little bench

legged North Carolina Feist. Jessie's owner,

Fred Allen, wants a pup from the next Spud/

Carlina litter and we do too!