Quote Originally Posted by EWO View Post
To some it is all about weights. To some their loyalty lies in the desire to stand on top of the winning dog. To some standing on top of the winning dog is a better shake than preserving a family or perpetuating a bloodline. If that meant winning over the dog's brother or even the handler's brother, the loyalty is to winning, more so than dog fighting.
EWO
I understand that.

To some it's all about winning, to others it's all about having (and perpetuating) exceptional qualities in a group of dogs.

Ultimately, it is all about values.

IMO, those who hyper-focus on winning, placing this value above all else, are typically those with highly-suspect characters ... and are generally the most destructive individuals in the sport.

For example, such folks are prone rub the other dog (or sneak-in a foul in some other kind of way). "Winning is everything," is their justification.

Even the so-called "honest" competitors who place winning over all else seldom have any dogs live a long time on their yard (and they're seldom able to breed many good dogs of their own).

They waste more than they win.

It is inarguable that having 2 high-quality Champion brothers is better overall than having 1 Champion brother standing over his dead littermate.

The dead brother might have produced better; the live Champion might go sterile, or die in a yard accident, blah-blah.

Killing-off the competition is teamwork; killing off each other is stupidity. (Works that way in war, sports, etc.)

But there are people who will do that ... who are absolutely, totally into "themselves" and "winning ... to the exclusion of everything else ... and I don't trust such people as far as I could throw them.

Jack