THE BADDEST DOGS IN HISTORY

[Officially Retired]

Jack.... I do not agree with those tactics was it cheating or great handling seeing how the ref let go and the opponent never spoke up?

We can go on down the line with your question:

If I get away with stealing weight at the scale, is that "great handling" or is it cheating?

If I get away with feeding your dog acepromazine in a burger bit, by putting it out where I tell you to "walk your dog" before the show, was that "great handling," or was it cheating?

If I get away with bumping my dog on his turn to go, which prompts him to scratch, is that "great handling," or is it cheating?

Cheating = cheating
Which means getting away with something you're NOT supposed to do.

By contrast, truly great handling would be me catching my dog up from the bottom, on a split-second out of hold, getting the scratching started ... and your dog failing to scratch ... and me winning with the bottom dog thanks to my LEGAL handle.

Is is called GREAT handling, precisely because IT WAS POSITIVE ... 1) it took speed, 2) it took skill, 3) it took savvy and experience to spot the right moment, and most importantly, 4) IT WAS ALLOWED within the rules of the contest ...

To call ANY form of cheating "great" anything is to SPIT ON the word, "great."

Cheating = lowdown, dirty bullshit ... and there is nothing "great" about it.

Jack

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We can go on down the line with your question:

If I get away with stealing weight at the scale, is that "great handling" or is it cheating?

If I get away with feeding your dog acepromazine in a burger bit, by putting it out where I tell you to "walk your dog" before the show, was that "great handling," or was it cheating?

If I get away with bumping my dog on his turn to go, which prompts him to scratch, is that "great handling," or is it cheating?

Cheating = cheating
Which means getting away with something you're NOT supposed to do.

By contrast, truly great handling would be me catching my dog up from the bottom, on a split-second out of hold, getting the scratching started ... and your dog failing to scratch ... and me winning with the bottom dog thanks to my LEGAL handle.

Is is called GREAT handling, precisely because IT WAS POSITIVE ... 1) it took speed, 2) it took skill, 3) it took savvy and experience to spot the right moment, and most importantly, 4) IT WAS ALLOWED within the rules of the contest ...

To call ANY form of cheating "great" anything is to SPIT ON the word, "great."

Cheating = lowdown, dirty bullshit ... and there is nothing "great" about it.

Jack

Very good post