Quote Originally Posted by EWO View Post
Agreed. Nothing better than a well rounded dog. And anything worth having is worth working for, and worth the effort involved.

The principle is pretty much the same as leaving a dog on the chain except for when he is rolled and the expecting him to 'know' how to work once his weight is called. It happens sometimes but most of the time it is a headache that could have been avoided. Sometimes the dogs can know the difference, i.e., Ch. Angel, GrCh Virgil, Poncho, etc. etc. and that is those dogs who will give that extra little bit if you ask them to do so. That is really special in itself.

One of the things I learned long ago is that it takes all kinds to make the world go around. Dogs no different.

Out of the same camp we had Ch. Angel and Ch. Charlie. We were giving him a rub down in the building and I dropped some nails or screws or something, got down on the floor to pick them up and he perked up and was within a hair of making a scratch. He would scratch into a oncoming truck if it was in the box with him.

And great thread. Good series of posts. EWO
Former Welterweight contender, Billy Collins, used to do dogs also.

I remember Bobby Holland telling me he went to a dog deal with Billy who was bringing two 2x winners in the back of his van, both of which were completely loose and sitting on the back seat. Both males.

The dogs would occasionally growl at each other and Billy would say, "Shut up!", and the dogs would shut up.

Well, one dog made Champion, the other was picked up game, and they both rode back home (chopped-up) and did not need to be separated either way ...

Jack