Quote Originally Posted by FrostyPaws View Post
That's simply not the case. See enough dogs go, and you can spot curs, and you don't have to see them actually quit to even know. Perfect example is a bitch from not long ago. Looked good the first 10, then after that, she did a lot of turning, running, and she went from running scratches full bore to walking them. She was picked up. I don't have to SEE that dog quit to know she was a cur. The writing was on the wall for everyone to see. Unfortunately, not everyone can read that particular writing for whatever reasons.
Old man Nate had some type of uncanny ability to spot a cur in a show that never made a bad move. I don't know how he did it, but he did it regularly. I could never read that writing aside from having a certain gut feeling about some.

Strictly-speaking, concerning the nature of knowledge vs. belief, what you describe isn't "knowledge" at all; it's belief. Even justified belief.

The simple truth is, if you did not see a dog quit, then you do not "know" the dog would have quit, you merely have very strong (even justified) belief that the dog would quit.

I myself have seen a ton of dogs that I was 100% sure that they would have quit, and I may have been right, but my strong beliefs were not "knowledge" either; they were merely very strong, justifiable beliefs.

Only when the dog actually stops, and confirms the justifiable beliefs that we have, do those beliefs then get upgraded to true KNOWLEDGE.

Jack