Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack View Post
Such a touchy subject ... the thrill/risk of competition versus the loss of a truly game dog

On the one hand, how do we get to hear the story of such a game dog as Ozzie's Ch Homer ... without first losing him to his Herculean efforts ... and yet, on the other hand, is "Homer's story" really better for gamedog history than having the availability of his fantastic genetics (had be been picked up sooner)?

If we take this extreme example above, and apply it to your bitch here, as nice as it is to know how game your bitch was ... how does that really help you now that "the gamest bitch you've ever owned" is dead?
How can you build a linebreeding program off of this bitch now (unless you have a lot of offspring from her already)? In losing "your gamest bitch," you're now going to have to build your yard off of lesser bitches ... and "talk about" how game your other bitch was ...

Philosophers have a tendency to say, "All truth contains paradox" ... and the great paradox about these dogs being left down to prove the ultimate level of gameness is ... you no longer have access to them when you find that out

Jack

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This is all I'm trying to say is the possibility of creating a line off her is now forever gone! I had a ruff son off her whom I liked other then the fact that he didn't like children so I was hard on him and on a good day he would fly with the eagles and on a bad day he would wallow like shit! He didn't make the grade of his classmates and not liking children didnt help him much either! Like it has been said it's a very touchy topic and I have had to learn it the hard way ! And all that's left is a few pics,stories and the mention of a true dead game hound! With nothing to add to our line,breed ect! At the end of the day if it's been dam near 2hours and the only thing that's been carrying me thru out this was kicking is my gameness! As I have mature in this sport I can see that today just might not be my day throw in the towel shake my opponents hand and start trying to save my buddy! Think about how many losers add to our hounds! why is that? Because someone decided to see how this game loser would throw!