Quote Originally Posted by bolero
it depends what you want i might have a do that is very well rounded and not have much interest in matching him because he is so damn good and to be honest i really could care less if he is a one time winner or a gr ch as long as i lnow he is above average in every area, now in order for me to know this i would of had to seen some good dogs in my day to know my evaluations are correct, so now i know my dog is good but is he game so i test him uphill off the chain but he is in good health and in decent shape, i do this to see if he is what i want in a bulldog so he is loosing the whole time but never loses interest and scratches when asked now that dog is retired to stud, the match is not the true test for the dog the match is the true test for the conditioner, when conditioning comes into play it is not just the dog against the other dog it i is dogman vs dogman