Quote Originally Posted by TFX
The fact of this deal Jack is that he was in keep for #1 when this accident happened which caused a forfeit. He had already gone through a final schooling roll that was harder than any of his two shows. So the yard wreck was sandwiched in between a real display of gameness, and two highly impressive wins in top competition. He hurt three dogs in the wreck who were all 10-15 lbs smaller than him, and they did nothing to him that would have caused him to quit, but when he was done he went back the his chain spot loose and kicked back.
Sounds more like he lacked finish/cannibalism than he quit.




Quote Originally Posted by TFX
Every case is different, but I know that 4 walls makes a big difference with some dogs. A dog that quit in a yard accident or even a dog that killed one in an accident doesn't sway me much either way. Plenty of "yard accident killers" can't seem to duplicate the feat inside of 4 walls for whatever reason. I think some dogs although they will fight in a yard accident, really view it more like play time since the human bonding as a dog-handler team is taken out of the equation.
True, and ultimately you are the best judge as you were there.

I think Wildchild gave a great account of how a non-finishing cur can "finish" one in a kennel wreck, by unfair advantage, but can't do the same thing with a badass dog his size in a box.

Jack

PS: Nice avatar w/ the old-timers, old-timer