Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack View Post
Another outstanding post. This is exactly what I prescribe in my chapters on Schooling and Game-Testing. I may well post these articles tomorrow, but you said exactly the gist of them: maturity and patience are everything.1000000% With this deep understanding!

A dogman expecting all his dogs to be 100% dead game before they're fully-mature is as clueless as a farmer expecting his crops to "taste their best" before they're fully-ripened. The time it takes to fully-mature must simply be understood and allowed-for.

What 90% of most dogmen don't realize is, dogs may achieve "sexual" maturity at 12-16 months ... but they do not achieve full, social maturity until they're 2.5 - 4 years old. That is a biological fact that will not be ignored by the intelligent dogman. This kind of deep understanding of dogs is what allowed dogs like Dibo and Chinaman to shine in their later years ... when they would have been culled by most of today's idiot-dogmen ... who would never realize what they lost due to impatience. The number of potentially-good dogs wasted due to not being allowed to mature is inconceivable.

Jack
1000% with that deep understanding!Most people of these days think a fast lane is one that start acting hot at a young age! Learned that the hard way! A hot acting pup is just that! And after that life lesson Nothing is pushed to do it cause of how hot they act but are allowed to fully mature! world of difference! End up with more good ones just by give them that time to grow into dogs!