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Originally posted by nick teifke
Furthermore, most of the time you cannot tell what the person tells the dog, since they are a good distance away. You could say bite and no one would ever know the difference. And I also dont believe a command is required at all, so if no one heard you, that also wouldnt make a difference.

Certainly this is true, but the point was that there is/was discussion of not allowing the 'bite' command at all and how the sport is starting to get watered down. We all know that most dogs don't need any command at all and saying anything or nothing at all will send the dog screeching down the field (hopefully!).