Quote Originally Posted by CA Jack View Post
I would say Homer displayed dead gameness, way beyond deep gameness, and would have stopped 99.9999999% of all dogs on earth his weight.

I also think the refusal to die is a form of gameness

Some dogs (and strains of dog) go into shock easier than others ... or "lay down" to severe injury and die easier than others ... whereas some dogs just WILL NOT YIELD ... even if hopelessly behind, hopelessly outclassed, hopelessly injured ... they just will not be denied.

That is a form of greatness, over and above mere "athletic ability" ... it is intangible, it is hard to measure ... but WHEN YOU SEE IT ... dogs that do not have this kind of spirit just won't do

And, very often, dogs like this will "scare the quit out of" most higher-ability (front-running) athletes ...

And it is this spirit which is (and should be) the essence of our breed.

Jack
Jack you wrote what I have been thinking since this discussion started and HOMER was one of the most put up bulldogs I had the pleasure of seeing Oscar just lived 30 min from me. Johnny