Agreed. The post had some generalities to it without a lot of specific details. In our area Rufus won six matches with basically flat teeth and hard gums. He produced his fair share of dogs, and some of them in turn produced some good dogs. It happens. But going into that first one with no teeth does not leave one with the warm fuzzies. After the first and second that 'no-teeth' murderer is not only a dog man's dream but a betting man's dream.

Just basing this on my opinion I would say there have been a lot of dogs that were culled early because of bad habits, and a smaller percentage could have made it on show night, and maybe even a larger percentage would have produced dogs (with good habits) that performed down the road.

Some people can't think past the first roll, much less show night a couple of years from now or a lifetime of production. Some have to have it right now, and right now has to easy, with as little self-input as possible. I think that is why lots of bad habit dogs do not get the same shake his easy kept counter part gets.

If I have a three-legged, one-eyed, flat tooth monster that can get it done some one would have to show me that I made the wrong decision. I would not make the 'wrong' decision (culling) because he was hard to keep. EWO