[RottsNScotts]

Not sure which "he" you mean but in all cases, he would look to me to decide how I want the situation handled. It is something I also feel passionate about, my dogs DO NOT make their own decisions, not even my police dog was allowed to do so. And whether or not that is historically what they were meant to do, it certainly is the best way for them to live in society now and still have the characteristics I desire in my dogs, courage, hardness, biddability, trainability, socialness...

I don't think Rotties were "guardian" dogs of flocks where they did their protection work of the flock undirected such as Pyr's, etc.

And I would disagree with you about a title, especially Sch, saying very little about the dog. I would say, rather, that one would have to either see the dog work themselves or know how to "read" a scorebook. If one was just going on the "fact" that the dog had a title, in my opinion, it would most generally tell you that the dog had more biddability/trainability than a dog that didn't have title, all else being equal.

I have told many, many friends that, in my opinion (sorry, have a lot of those!), the BEST AND PERFECT dog is most likely sitting in someone's back yard, untested, untitled. But, that makes it NOT the best and perfect dog because it can only be BEST and PERFECT if it has brought it to the light of day.

Are the world's best songs the best if they are never heard but only rolling through someone's head?