Foundation Male - Gray's Trigger

Gray’s Trigger, was a good squirrel dog that was unfortunately taken from me before his time at 2 ½ years of age. He was the SMARTEST dog we have ever owned. Trigger was a finished squirrel dog that ranged on the close end of “medium” but adjusted his hunting style to the conditions and could “wind” lay ups and could flat timber a squirrel. An accurate, stay put tree dog with a good chop voice that barked at a good rate. Handled like a dream.

Trigger treed his first squirrel at 6 months of age. He was 30 pounds and 18 inches tall at the shoulder. Trigger was tri-colored and passed on his physical structure to Ranger. Trigger was entered into two bench shows (conformation). The first one in Iowa, he won Best of Class. The second one in Minnesota, he won the entire show: Best of Class, Best Male of Show and Overall Best of Show. Trigger could tree squirrels (gray and fox squirrels) in various weather conditions and locations (Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Missouri and South Dakota). He hunted in a circular pattern and checked in every 5 to 10 minutes.