Bad Habits

[Officially Retired]

You are correct on that Jack!

I never doubted that for a second

I made a few phone calls to some folks who knew that blood pretty well. Mostly they all said Robert T was a good dog, but nothing extraordinary. One said GR CH Angus would have destroyed him if they had met. One said, who saw him while he was a great dog, he was no where near the baddest who ever lived.

Opinions are like assholes, only some stink more than others. The fact is, none of the people you called had dogs that could kiss Robert T's ass accomplishments-wise (or Zukill's for that matter).

Another fact is every dog that BOTH Robert Ts beat were better dogs (and fought for more money) than anyone whom you called ever had also

Indian Bootlegger, for example, was a devastating "killed everything" dog (cover of the Journal / talked about nationwide) that was backed by the Indian and Danny Burton, both of whom have seen/done more than anyone you called also. But Robert T. Jr. stopped that dog cold without a cutter in his head. Spotted him weight too.

Now, Zukill was a badass dog, but no one said anything about the Robert Ts being "badass" dogs ...
But the Robert T's damned sure STOPPED more "badass" dogs ... by riding them out into frustration ... than any dog you have ever petted in your life.

Like your clueless friends, Danny Burton (after he and the Indian lost with Bootlegger) told the old man that Robert T was "a cur-fighting head dog" ... and the Old Man asked, "Do you have anything his weight?", to which there was silence on Burton's end, seeing as he and the Indian just got cleaned out after watching the baddest dog between them quit to Robert T.

I don't know anything about Angus, but I know he wasn't any better than any of the 6 Champions and 2 Grand Champions both Robert Ts beat ... nor did he win as many fights, nor beat as many Champions as T Sr. ... including the 4xW Ch Gomez dog. Ch Gomez had killed all 4 dogs in :40 or less ... and was considered a "2-bite gut dog" ... if he got back there twice, you were dead. Men like Strothers (of Gr Ch Luther fame) and Hargrove (of Gr Ch Rufus/Outlaw fame) told The Old Man there was "no way" Robert T Sr. could beat the Ch Gomez dog. The Old Man asked ... "How much do you want to bet?"

That fight went 3:10 ... and Ch Gomez got back there a time or two ... but Robert T never relinquished his control ... and finally, at 3:10, Gomez took the count with a head the size of a pumpkin, shaking his blood/fluid-filled head in a state of confusion and exhaustion.

I personally wouldn't trade a hair off of Robert T's ass for Angus, and Angus will never have the record of Robert T, nor did he produce a single dog with the record of Ch Robert T Jr.

But you can think what you want. I have always said, and believed, that stupid-aggressive people like stupid-aggressive dogs.
And there was a mile-long waiting list of people with "badass dogs" looking to beat T and T Jr. ... the "ear-fighting curs" ... but they all went home scratching their heads and stitching up their wallets.

And a good head dog really doesn't use their cutters as much as they use their molars.
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Thanks for the lesson on what "a good head dog" does ... I've only been breeding them for 24 years

Also, Zukill wasn't a head dog, but he killed 6 in under an hour ... with no cutters either ... any ideas as to why?

Jack


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