Fatal Flaws in Working Dogs

I'm not a breeder either. It is way more of a hassle than I choose to endure. What i was saying is the breeder must know the dog, as well as the family of dogs to consistently produce competitive dogs. These can be winners, losers, tested, untested or brood. There is not a requirement to have winner as a title to breed your way into the fastlane. If only breeding 'winning' dogs gives one the warm fuzzies, so be it, but it is not a prerequisite to fast lane success. Most winning dogs come form non winning dogs. Basic math there.
This will nip the thread but here goes. There a bitch that lost game to a hard mouth cur. The loser went on to produce a number of good dogs. The winner was purchased pit side for $$$$. In her next outing she hung it up in 20 minutes or so. She was bred in between those two outings. Do you want one of those winning bitch's puppies? or would you want one of the loser dog who just ran into a freak mouth cur? I know which way I went. Like I said, if the word 'winner' gives you the warm fuzzies, then so be it, but it is far more to it than just titles. S

 

Page 1, post #9 by Ben There could have ended the thread as far as I'm concerned. Said it all, IMO.

 

Bulldogs are built differently. Their builds are not connected to their hearts. One needs to just understand the difference between a dog built within normality and one with a deformity. What I have always preferred is a dog that can use what it has, better than the other dog can use what IT has. It's a little disappointing that so many people of the more current generations are bothered by things they shouldn't be concerned about in lieu of being concerned with things which really do matter in a bulldog.

 

This is true. I try to support as many shows as I can because it is a way to fend off the devils at the door. I have met some really nice people and seen some really nice looking dogs. I can say all the ones I have been to were really enjoyable.


I had two cases where I just had to sit back and laugh. First I had a 2XW winning female who was near 9 years old. At 8 plus she would damn near spin the wheels off a slat mill and burn a carpet mill belt in half, I mean a real hard mill worker. They set the mill in the middle of the floor. She had dogs behind her. She wanted a shot at any and all of them. She tried to spin and get off the mill after the dog behind her. Guy tells me I need to work with my dog on completing the task she was asked to do. I asked to have the mill moved to the wall or get the dogs from behind her. I was told my dog was not ready for competition. As I said, I just laughed.


The second one was even funnier. I put a gorgeous little male in the ring with my son as a junior handler. He won that class and then another and then another. My boy was on top of the world. Nothing could really top the day he was having. So in the last round, Best in Show, I think, the judge eliminated dog after dog. Each time my son and his dog made the cut. It came down to my son and our little buckskin Bolio dog against a grown man and his black male (who looked good as well). When I saw the other contestants T-shirt I nearly lost it, and laughed out loud. His shirt said Garner's Chinaman ROM with a picture of Chinaman. When it came to picking the BIS, Tom Garner picked the other guy.


My junior handler (11) was deducted points because my little 10 month old was not being very social.


Again I laughed. But I truly enjoyed myself.


Side note. They gave my boy a plaque with a picture of him, the dog and Mr. Garner. The picture did not exactly fit and I moved it around to see my son and Mr. Garner. He replied, "move it back so I can see my dog and me, I don't care who that man is". I said, "Thatta boy"