Quote Originally Posted by bolero View Post
i feel a dog should be aloud to hesitate as long at the end of ten it gets there. sometimes dogs are literally out on there feet. and needs to catch its bearings being grabbed rushed back to a corner turned around and let go with a dog who is injured can cause confusion, now if he does hesitate due to injury and tries to cross i would then pick up said dog the rules are there to allow the dog s to stop if they want to but so is his handler and the handler should have the dogs best interest at heart
Allow me to take the other side of the coin, though

We must keep in mind that the point of any contest is to win a fight without losing either dog. With that in mind, we must also keep in mind that any "separation" of dogs for a scratch is an artificial interruption of a fight. Therefore, if upon separation, and after a count of 30 in the corner, any dog is still so fugged-up that it can't cross the line, then the fight should be stopped then and there IMO.

The other dog won, fair and square, and there at least is some chance to save the dog that's still too messed-up to go immediately after a thirty-second rest.

Quite frankly, the argument can be made that there should be no "30-second count" at all, but an immediate release after separation, and if any dog can't respond in time then the other dog who rendered him senseless is the winner.

Jack