The Cajun rules do allow a longer out of holds time. But most dog men sat down and agreed on the minute details. One option was keeping dogs head in corner or letting dog be faced, but kept behind the line. Did not matter to me, preferred to let dog be faced out. To allow more breathing space without burning out the dog's much needed energy. When the handler has to struggle with dog to keep head and body in corner. Most would take the dog head into the corner to sponge ect. Then turn it around and set the feet.

One had the option of 60 to 30 seconds on out of holds count. Most went with a 30 second time limit. 3 seconds is to fast, you could have the bottom dog and it just needs a little wind break. Time to make a scratch was normally 10 seconds. Some wanted 15. Some wanted the dog to mouth, others went with skin contact. the options were there.

Why I like the Cajun rules over all. Was not all in the book was written in stone, the options were there to be used. Had one of the booklets, believe Sparks printed and sold them. Studied booklet real good and had it with me if I did any refereeing.