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Originally Posted by Skip  I I know several that are displastic and trialing...and not showing much discomfort, but how do we know how much pain they are hiding/ignoring beacause of their drive. . |
it would be a ashame if a rott had the drive to work through much pain just to let it sit because its hard enough to find the one that has enough drive to do the work in perfect health. for the most part the dogs you see getting worked that may have health problems are people that its just there dog and there there for fun what do you want to do not start dogs until 2 after the certs????? or do you want do get 2 years of training in and partial bite work then have them fail certs and tell the people hit the road with your dog. either way it simply doesnt work. if its any consolation to you there is a vast differance on how working and show people look at dogs show people have the opinion that conformation is everything and working breeders believe work without conformation come to an early end to the work. a good example is to look at the gsd show dog dragging there azz an inch off the floor while they very well may have all there certs they break down under the physical stress of training fast.