Without being disrespectful, I don't care one wit about Floyd Boudreaux either.
Never wanted that line of dogs, though I am well aware of their accomplishments.
I laugh in your face if you believe I wear rose-colored glasses about him or any other dogman.
Mayfield's level? WTF does that mean?
You can put Mayfield on some super-high level "above you" (on some heoric pedestal) if you'd like, but I certainly don't put him above myself, on ANY level, save maybe as a knowledgeable conditioner of dogs for his day.
On every other subject that pertains to dogs, from medical knowledge, to knowledge of diseases and nutritional information, to the knowledge of how to successfully breed one's own family of dogs, I am FAR more knowledgeable than Mayfield ever dreamed to be.
I do have a modicum of respect for the man as a conditioner, as well as for being around (and a part of) the foundational history for our breed ... but most of what he did is now considered outdated ... and there are too many levels where I would not want to be "like him" in any way, shape, or form.
First of all, I never claimed to be nice. I try to run a class operation here ... and I will not allow porn or vile nasty stuff to be posted here. I try to allow freedom of speech, so long as it isn't vile or abusive, and I think harmless posts like what Evo put are just that ... harmless fun. And, quite frankly, I agree with his gist: namely that you are the textbook definition of someone who lacks the sense as to when to shut up and just drop a subject. On EVERY thread where you've posted, you have ultimately turned it into an insane, never-ending digression of repetitive stupidity where you have basically had to be told to SHUT UP before you finally do.
I actually joined in on this thread in a positive way, trying to bury the hatchet with you, trying to let bygones be bygones, and I participated constructively on the first page or so.
(Go back and re-read the first page, genius.)
However, EVERYONE HERE has gotten sick of you droning on-and-on-and-on-and-on about Don Mayfield's theories. Every one.
You don't seem to have the sense to understand anything around you.
You don't seem to have the sense to let well enough alone and move on.
Time and time again, you digress into a never-ending diatribe of mindless stupidity.
Tine and time again, you have to be forced to shut up.
Randy is allowed to say what he wants, to an extent, as you are allowed to say what you want, to an extent.
Randy's opinion is more valuable than yours because he lived through these times ... whereas you are just a guy parroting "what you heard" on a video
This doesn't mean I believe everything Randy says, and it doesn't mean that I don't, but I *do* find his statements more interesting, compelling, and closer to what OTHER old-timers I personally know (who lived through this era also) have always said about Mayfield.
With all due respect, you are just a parrot here by comparison, repeating things with ZERO actual knowledge or experience of what you repeat.
Like I said, I could care less about Floyd Boudreaux also, and I have heard it said the only time Floyd lies is when he opens his mouth ... so what?
Heard the same thing about Carver too. Heard Tudor was a wife-beater, liar, and a cheat. Again, so what?
They were just DOGmen, not saints. Not people to emulate.
I would listen intently to what Carver had to say about breeding dogs ... or which dogs HE had that were his favorites ... and WHY ... and it would be of great historical interest to me.
I would do the same thing to what Tudor had to say about his breedings ... or which dogs were HIS favorites ... and WHY ... and it would likewise be of great historical interest to me.
Same with Mayfield.
But I would take NONE of these men's advice on what to feed, what to do medically ... and I don't need anyone's advice on how to breed my own dogs ... and I sure as shit wouldn't trust ANY of these men to be alone with my woman or to keep and feed a super-valuable dog of mine on their yards. Wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them.
Oh please spare me this overly-dramatic greenhorn bullshit
Other than peripheral historical interest, I don't give a damn about Blind Billy and his breeding, Floyd's dogs, nor Mayfield's. Has nothing to do with me, my goals, my bloodline, nor anything I can in any way control ... nor would it affect me in any way if I were still breeding my own dogs.
If Don Mayfield were to come here and start debating Floyd, that would be interesting.
Randy Fox coming here to give his $0.02 about the situation is interesting.
But "you" (a guy who has nothing to do with anything) repeating yourself and going on--and-on-and-f***ing-on about this shit is nauseating.
Jack