Ru-Char Foundation Stock According to Ruth Greening, Ruth and Charles aquired their first Springer from Dean Bedford in 1954. Within a few years they had switched completely from Cockers to Springers. Because of difficulties getting "Springers that were as sound as our Cockers had been," they eventually bought their foundation bitch, Bethsaida's Blythe Spirit (Bly) from Jean Hutchenson. The Ru-Char line, as we know it today, traces its origin to Denalisunflo's Coffey and Bly. The first three significants came from two litters of this breeding in the late 60's. Subsequent Ru-Char's stock show linebreeding back to this foundation, see for instance Roger Jr, who is arguably the cornerstone of the Ru-Char line. According to Edd Roggenkamp, "Coffey was considered to be an 'Outlaw' even by his owner/Handler Billie Garvan. But while he was only moderately successful in trials, when bred to bitches with more stable temperaments, most puppies tended to get drive from Coffey and mental stability from the bitch."

Contents Foundation Stock Ru-Char's of the 80's Roger Jr Jr & Bess Salmy Millie Valleyview's Buddy Citations Reward Ru-Char's of the 90's Final Thoughts

FC AFC Denalisunflo's Coffey x AFC Bethsaida's Blythe Spirit Ru-Chars Rag-A-Muffin   3/10/1967 FC AFC Ru-Char's Rosalyn   5/27/1969 FC AFC Ru-Chars Roger   5/27/1969 Ru-Chars Riptide   5/27/1969   NFC FC Brackenbriar Snapshot x Ru-Chars Rag-A-Muffin FC Brackenbriar Snapshot Jr.   7/8/1971   Sulphur Creek Jeff x Ru-Chars Rag-A-Muffin Ru-Chars Rocky Creek   4/21/1973 FC AFC Ru-Chars Geronimo   4/21/1973   FC Squall of Saighton x FC AFC Ru-Char's Rosalyn Geoca's Own Mr Dandy   9/2/1978 Senility's Washakie   9/2/1978

FC AFC Ru-Chars Roger x Fawn's Chipper Maxine Shunka Yotanka   7/24/1975   FC AFC Ru-Chars Roger x Chasemore Pepe Orange FC AFC Meadowrock Rowdy Roger   2/1/1976 Meadowrock's Meggen   2/1/1976   FC AFC Ru-Chars Roger x Ru-Chars Rocky Creek FC AFC Ru-Chars Roger Jr   7/4/1978 Ru-Char Rips   7/4/1978   FC AFC Meadowrock Rowdy Roger x Ru-Chars Rocky Creek Ru-Char's Genuine Regret   6/12/1980 AFC Ru-Char's Genuine Risk (Genny)   6/12/1980   Next- Ru-Char's of the 80's...

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