Quote Originally Posted by EWO View Post
As you said, through schooling. If a person chose all stifle dogs to school his charge and then on show night he experiences his first head dog he will be in trouble. He will not have the ability and/or knowledge to figure things out. Some dogs have natural ability and talent and figure things out quickly but it is the owners responsibility to provide him with as much experience in all areas to enhance that ability. In some cases ability and experience go hand in hand and are one in the same.

If a dog lacks ability and can't wrestle he should be exposed to another who will help him get there. After that exposure even if the ability is not where one would hope for it will still be better (enhanced) than it was in the beginning. Easier said, ability is enhanced through experience and for the dogs that experience is through schooling. Of the things that one can enhance ability is the easiest. EWO
The only place we agree is that the human can select the opponent. I dont think you understood what i was trying to say. Here it is again. If all my dog was schooled with is front end dogs the right thing for me to do would be to expose him to a different style lets say i choose a face dog for his next schooling(this is something a human can control). Now when the time comes and the face dog is released and goes to the front end for the duration of the roll your dog still has only experienced defending himself against front end opponents. You can set up a schooling for your dog hoping to see one thing and when you get there the other dog does something like change his style or not be as rough as he always was. Thats why i say its the opposing dog/experience that teaches your dog and not the human.