Quote Originally Posted by EGK View Post
S_B no disrespect taken and you actually have me thinking how to explain this lol, great example. I believe that little black dog had his fill that day. No matter how long he went he also left some things to be desired. I wouldn't say POS cur because he was shock blind at the point of truth telling. I just acknowledged he was stopped and was a good little game dog though not a proven game loss and I do believe the bond kept him going a good deal. He took more than most and I see his case as the difference between cur and stopped. He couldn't see the hand being waved a few inches in front his face, started out the corner off a clap stumbling to a neutral corner. You see what I'm saying it's more a reason and situation. It's not so much anybody would question the heart shown. I get the degrees deal completely but I don't think exceptions and reasons or situations need a label as its described. Minus the reasons and situations some just can take more than others. In most it'll create a stigma to question objective and have them looking for the reason each one quit.

I don't mean any disrespect toward the dog either. Yes, the little black dog had his fill that day, but that was more due to his style than anything else. With a different style, that dog would've went home a winner and be alive. What kept him going, IMO, was his ability to negate any serious damage after about the first hour. We all saw what dog was in better shape that day, and I think that's where the style comes into play. A little different style, and the black dog comes to the top and it's for his taking. Instead, he did what he'd done the entire time, and that was just hold without advancing into any type of serious offense. I personally don't think he took more than most. He succumbed to a battle of attrition, not outright brutality coupled with everything else that goes along with that. Either way, I was extremely proud of the black dog and his owner. I just wish the dog would've been a little more. His owner had done his job as he needed to do.