Gameness is either there or not, you can add wind....how about ability?

[tasoschatz]

I think he just says that while you can controle hummans' training 100% as a coach, with animals you can never be 100% sure what will happen during schooling, you can only hope that a certain style will keep appearing from the chosed oponent while the animal in train will react the way you hope to. Basically, since you can never absolutely control animals' actions and reactions, your part as a human lowers in significance while the animals' influence on the training increases. In humans you can ask someone to attack a certain way and the other one to defend in a certain style, with animals you can only hope that a trend will keep appearing.
This is the way I get it.

[R2L]

I think it doesn't really make sense to search for comparisons with humans. I can name a thousand. End of the day, schooling your dog to different style animals is the way to get the best out your dog. You can either try to give it the best possible preparation or hope he won't be needing it.

[EWO]

The comparison to humans (baseball) is a stretch because we have the ability to reason and then (somewhat) follow directions. So I can stand at the plate and hit grounders to be more in control of my practice. I agree that just because I pick a head dog to school another does not 100% mean he will be a head dog on that particular occasion. They are animals.

If that dog has very little wrestling ability but in turn is bred to a family member with the majority of the family members being exceptional wrestlers it becomes the same question if the puppies end up with wrestling ability. Did I enhance the next generation's wrestling ability? or was it genetics?

All I was saying is that anything can be enhanced if it is something there in the beginning and it is properly worked/trained/fed/raised. Even the dumbest of dogs will learn something. EWO

[gotap_d]

@R2L and @tasoschatz you are correct that is all i was saying. Its the humans job to try to pick shooling dogs that you feel will teach your dog what you feel he should be learning. Once the dog is selected its in the hands of the dogs its on one to teach the lesson and hopefully the other learns from the lesson.

[No Quarter Kennel]

Can it be molded and nurtured to an advantage in any way?
Just a thought.

Yes - you can add or take away anything you want.
Just have to have an eye for your particulars and patience.