Originally Posted by MRBLUEPRINT
Sorry, Mr. Burns is absolutely wrong. He is confusing a smart cur for a smart game dog ...
Smart, game dogs are the way to go ... because they figure out a way TO WIN, not quit
Anyone who doesn't believe intelligence is an asset is an idiot himself.
I love people who think like that, because they lose to my dogs every time ...
My dogs have smashed so many one-dimensional, (supposedly-) game, super-aggressive dogs it's almost a proverb.
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Jack
He was old school jack.he never altered anything.he used to feed the same amount of feed from the same scoop regardless if the dog was 30lbs or 60lbs.i used to help feed them sometimes and give the thinner dogs 2 scoops of feed and he would give me a look and I knew he didnt like that but he never said anything about it.Sorry, Mr. Burns is absolutely wrong. He is confusing a smart cur for a smart game dog ...
Smart, game dogs are the way to go ... because they figure out a way TO WIN, not quit
Anyone who doesn't believe intelligence is an asset is an idiot himself.
I love people who think like that, because they lose to my dogs every time ...
My dogs have smashed so many one-dimensional, (supposedly-) game, super-aggressive dogs it's almost a proverb.
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Jack
You're being polite using the word "old school" on someone who doesn't have the sense to feed different-sized dogs different amounts of food ... IMO different terminology for this would be more accurate ... but it only confirms my impression.
I realize there is a lot of "general respect" for some of these old-timers, so I will leave it at that, but I've met enough of them to realize that many really just got famous cause they got their hands on some good dogs.
Jack
I agree with that. There's a local man around here that was asked to hold some pretty decent hounds for a man that was having trouble with AC back a few years ago. He had a lot of people fooled into thinking he had many many years in the hounds just by having these hounds that belonged to another man. It did work in his favor though, after a couple years he started meeting the right people and making a name for himself. I can't say he made a good name for himself locally but,...he did make a name for himself. I think it had a lot to do with that one statement that you just made...Hopefully you won't mind me quoting you
I realize there is a lot of "general respect" for some of these old-timers.
In his case it wasn't so much he was an old timer in the same sense as people say Mt.Man was an old timer, he was just a much older guy so...It was a lot easier for him to convince a lot of the people he met into believing he was an "old timer". In turn they seemed to respect him.
Now, I can't say I agree with Mr.Burns and his dumb/intelligent theory. I've never fed a hound that came off his yard and I don't think I've had one with his name in it.
It is not that he was saying the dogs were stupid and couldn't figure a hog out ,what he was meaning ( if one was to smart ) he would figure away to get out of harms way .everybody has their on beliefs on a game dog .i personally think a lot of gameness comes from health and conditioning as much as up to 80%. Mr burns did have a good eye .kinda miss the ole man .Sorry, Mr. Burns is absolutely wrong. He is confusing a smart cur for a smart game dog ...
Smart, game dogs are the way to go ... because they figure out a way TO WIN, not quit
Anyone who doesn't believe intelligence is an asset is an idiot himself.
I love people who think like that, because they lose to my dogs every time ...
My dogs have smashed so many one-dimensional, (supposedly-) game, super-aggressive dogs it's almost a proverb.
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Jack
Figuring how to get out of harm's way is a good thing, so long as they're also figuring out how to win.
A dog that doesn't have the sense NOT to get hurt will lose to a world class dog that knows how to hurt him.
True, and good point.
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