$5000 to Race???

[Officially Retired]

This could be true or could not be true, depending on who "everyone" is and whether they have any experience in regards to such matters.

This is true, good point. The opinions/motives of the person or persons saying, "Pick up your dog!" have to be examined.

The world is ripe with people who pick their dogs when it's painfully obvious the dog is still in the fray, and a lot of those particular individuals are always at ringside adding their opinions like the cheap popcorn they're worth.

Unfortunately, the world is also ripe with people who have don't have the sense /class to pick up when it's clear that it needs to be done and is the right thing to do ... which is a far greater crime to the sport than a guy picking up a bit too early.

Many people over the years fancy themselves as dogmen, but they simply don't have the stones to actually compete when their particular row gets too hard to hoe.

Yeah well, many people over the years fancy "themselves" as having stones, just because they wantonly put their dogs in bad situations, when the truth is such people wouldn't have the stones to handle anything like that kind of situation "themselves."

The owner of the dog, if he's of any repute and consequence, knows his dog and his capabilities a lot more than "everyone" standing around watching.

This is true in some cases, not so true in others. Sometimes the actual owner is "too close to the tree" to see the whole forest clearly. This is what his second is for also: adding to the perspective.

But I do agree that thinking the dog has a chance and him actually having it are two separate ideas.

I think everyone can agree on that.

Jack

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