If a dog is 'picked up' and is 'willing to continue' he has been picked up game. If, at that point in time, he is willing to continue he has been 'picked up game'. If the next day, next week, next month, next year he decides he is no longer willing, then at that point he is a cur.

"picked up game' (still willing) is not saying 'forever game' or 'dead game' or 'pit game' or 'deep game' or any other of the descriptive terms that sway the perception of what 'game' is. Even if one is from the school of no descriptive terms, it is 'game' or 'not game', with no varying degrees, being picked up while still willing is still game. EWO