starting up?

[Officially Retired]

this happened to me by accident. Brother and sister, two littermates were romping around and she happened to find a bone just as he was approaching her. It went from wrestling around to dead serious in about half a second.

Yup

Ditto Jack. We are on the same page. LOL That is what I used. One won't fight over a fresh Shank bone. What will they get mad over? LOL I liked to walk a strange smaller dog by also to see if one would fire up and nip at it.. Then later the bone.
From there baby steps,getting use to the inside of building etc. Never take a young dog straight off the chain drive to another strange location and weight pull on another strange dog. Even when a young dog became more adjusted and did do another strange dog later on. Make sure same weight. You can not eye ball them and tell. You could be the five pound or more lighter dog. Schooling is going easy in baby steps.

Agree 100% CYJ.

People always want to "judge" their dog, but they forget to school it first

No one would take their teenage son to his first boxing lesson against a world-rated fighter, would they? Nope.

They'd teach their son some moves, get him in shape, take him to the gym, and let him spar with clubfighters his own size first ... for a few months ... gradually showing the ropes to the kid to build his confidence. No father would make their young son's first fight a life-and-death contest, up 3 weight divisions above his natural weight against a seasoned pro ... and then shoot him afterwards if he didn't look like a million dollars ... and yet that is what too many retards do with their young dogs, and it happens everywhere.

It's a shame and waste of many prospects that could have been something in the right hands ...

Jack