Quote Originally Posted by ragedog10 View Post
PRIDE can be a mother fuxxxr just knowing when to pick up could mean the world of difference! yes, you may have got the victory but you really lost a game hound! And game one's don't come around every day! and with that amount of thrashing she took early on it was not to wise to leave her in there that long! Peace and God bless a true game hound that even tho she never had enuff for her opponent she had more heat then most to come from the bottom and come with 3 flats and Hamburg chest and still come across with a focus on her face that would have made anyone believe she could win! Once more peace and God bless Topaz 1xw R.I.P!

Quote Originally Posted by TopShelfKennels View Post
At the end of the day, Pride is not why we got in that [ ] regardless of what you think you know. This is a full contact sport and with that comes the chance of serious injury or death. That dog did what she loved to do, and brought home the bacon, i am extremely proud of her. I do not regret for one second letting her quit that dog, how ever unfortunate it is, its a risk that all who compete take.

Such a touchy subject ... the thrill/risk of competition versus the loss of a truly game dog

On the one hand, how do we get to hear the story of such a game dog as Ozzie's Ch Homer ... without first losing him to his Herculean efforts ... and yet, on the other hand, is "Homer's story" really better for gamedog history than having the availability of his fantastic genetics (had be been picked up sooner)?

If we take this extreme example above, and apply it to your bitch here, as nice as it is to know how game your bitch was ... how does that really help you now that "the gamest bitch you've ever owned" is dead?
How can you build a linebreeding program off of this bitch now (unless you have a lot of offspring from her already)? In losing "your gamest bitch," you're now going to have to build your yard off of lesser bitches ... and "talk about" how game your other bitch was ...

Philosophers have a tendency to say, "All truth contains paradox" ... and the great paradox about these dogs being left down to prove the ultimate level of gameness is ... you no longer have access to them when you find that out

Jack

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