Deep game or game enough?

[Officially Retired]

Good post. Lots of good dogs are over looked, wasted or ruined in search of the ace, or the sure thing. EWO

Thanks, and I agree.

In our modern day, right-click, fast-paced society ... there seems to be no appreciation for good old-fashioned determination and heart anymore

Everybody likes to "get in and out of there" ... but, to me, a calm, steady, determined animal who will not be denied is a thing of beauty to watch

[EWO]

I think the calm, steady, determined animal is a beautiful thing as well. I also think it can answer questions as well. The dog that blasts thru the world with ease leaves several unanswered questions, such as, Is he game? or, Was he actually paired with competition? or, Is he really that good? EWO

[LollipopGuild]

This is the great thing about it, there really is no wrong answer. It's ideas vs ideas. My way vs your way. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

[FrostyPaws]

EWO, I think the same can be said for a steady, determined animal. Maybe it takes them a long time to win, but it also doesn't guarantee if the dog is game or not. If he's able to take a long time and not withstand much, if any damage, then you still have a calm, determined animal that hasn't shown any gameness. It just takes him longer to do the same thing as the destroyer, which is win without being hurt.

I like dogs that win fast; I like dogs that win long. Hell, I like dogs that win, within my own parameters, of course.

[Black Hand]

breed to whichever has the traits hardest to obtain and retain.

[waccamaw]

A dog will fool you ,he may appear to be dead game today and a cur tomorrow .when breeding a game dog or a total package dog check back at least 3 generations prefer 4 generations back the further back they better .everybody needs to be great dogs .it is all about stacking your gene pool.

[Eliman]

I have seen some good posts fellas but i stick by the average winners and they are just game enough but my view of breeding is based around the effort for a all around hound.

RoughNeck

[n.d.k]

My opinion , there is three levels of game ness pit game, deep game and dead game all hounds are not deep game that doesn't mean they can't win some have high ability and don't need to be deep game just pit game to do his job punching bags need to be deep game or lower ability hounds

[grindhard]

If a hog kills anther hog would anyone consider that a form of gameness

[R2L]

If a hog kills anther hog would anyone consider that a form of gameness

i dont think anyone would call that gameness