Old Family Red Nose dogs are a line of dog. They are desendents of the Old Family Dogs from Ireland and some from also England. These dogs were very well guarded from other families dogs. Each family and household held their own line and didn't outcross with anyone but their own families. Being that the dogs were so closely kept and inbred and line bred that they had a recessive trait being the Red Color become a dominant within a certain families line. These extremely small game dogs had Red Fur, Amber/Red Eyes, Red Toe Nails and Red Wiskers. Some of those early dogs were just starting so show signs of the Red Nose.
Forward to America. Some Irish imigrants brought some dogs over to America with them, also some families shipped dogs over to family here. But later the dogs were becoming extinct. They were being outcrossed to other American lines so Dan McCoy went around the country and bought up and collected all of the "PURE" Old Family Dogs he could find (most were Lightner bred dogs). He partnered with Bob Hemphill, L.C. Owens, Art Harvey and the lesser known Buck Moon and these men worked long and hard on preserving "PURE" Old Family Dogs. Thus in doing so the dogs all began showing the Red Nose. Dan McCoy thus coined the term Old Family Red "NOSE".
Individual family dogs that now make up Old Family Red Nose dogs are Lightner (made the dogs famous with his Pit Wins), McCoy, Hemphill, Wallace, Wilder, Maloney, Patrick, Mason (not these blue dogs). One thing that those oldtimers stated a lot was that just because your dog carries a Red Nose doesn't make it an Old Family Red Nose. Almost any American Pit Bull Terrier line can throw a Red Nosed dog.
Forward to America. Some Irish imigrants brought some dogs over to America with them, also some families shipped dogs over to family here. But later the dogs were becoming extinct. They were being outcrossed to other American lines so Dan McCoy went around the country and bought up and collected all of the "PURE" Old Family Dogs he could find (most were Lightner bred dogs). He partnered with Bob Hemphill, L.C. Owens, Art Harvey and the lesser known Buck Moon and these men worked long and hard on preserving "PURE" Old Family Dogs. Thus in doing so the dogs all began showing the Red Nose. Dan McCoy thus coined the term Old Family Red "NOSE".
Individual family dogs that now make up Old Family Red Nose dogs are Lightner (made the dogs famous with his Pit Wins), McCoy, Hemphill, Wallace, Wilder, Maloney, Patrick, Mason (not these blue dogs). One thing that those oldtimers stated a lot was that just because your dog carries a Red Nose doesn't make it an Old Family Red Nose. Almost any American Pit Bull Terrier line can throw a Red Nosed dog.
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