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Jack, in Ed Faron's book Pinky describes looking at WSK Rapid Roy for an hour...it says the next morning he let him go again to prove to BLEEDWATER that Roy wasn't a cur...real crazy...and hooked him shortly thereafter....
Yep. He was the classic, "I must prove to all my peers that I would never own a cur," insecurity story.

None of what he did made Rapid Roy into a world-beater.
At the end of each test Rapid Roy was still just a game, tough, somewhat-above-average dog.
Testing dogs exceptionally-hard does not turn them into aces. It does not turn them into Champions.
If anything, testing a dog super-hard (or multiple times) reduces the chance that dog can win 3 or 5 by leaving too much in the gym.

As I have met and interacted with other dogmen over the years, it has been my universal observation that the guy who wants to prove to others that "his" dog is "not a cur" is always an insecure person (and, in turn, dog butcher).

The dog always pays the price for the man's weakness (or, in Pinky's case, the 5'6" guy trying to appear 6' tall to his peers )

Jack