Quote Originally Posted by luvmybulldogs
Again, it was my mistake in putting two unstarted dogs together... I guessed right on hound a but hound b fooled me. i respect my partner and dogs damn sure wont change our friendship. If we had 80 acres, or even 8 acres... i would understand a little more. its not like that. especially when there are others to be involved with that i feel have more potential. i feel like a good one wants to, likes to, enjoys it.... and im really unsure if that can be taught or not... schooling can and will improve some things but it wont improve her willingness.... and after such a short period of time with minimal damage, i felt like her willingness to continue should have been there, no questions asked. First time or not. skill has nothing to do with heart.

Exactly right, so why should your dogs pay for your mistake?

Regarding your beliefs that every dog should immediately scratch back, whether hurt or not, would you say Chinaman and Dibo didn't really "have heart" because they didn't start, and wouldn't go back, their first time either?

You might want to consider the possibility that the way you see things "every dog should go back on its first time down, or it sucks," is an incorrect view of reality

The reality is, some dogs that "start right away and go over" ... go on to quit later ... while some dogs that "don't start and go over right away" ... eventually mature-out into deeply-game, talented dogs.

History has proven both scenarios time and again. For this reason, it is always better to take ALL of the necessary steps to success, rather than try to skip them.