another drago thread - Page 15

Fawn,

Most of these dogs fit in just fine in real life with a family.  Alot of it has to do with how they are raised in their homes. 

Nice Frank (see?  That dog just has a happy stance about him, even in bite work.)

Agree MKlevin  morherline also(more) important , when I look to a litter I look first to the mortherline

I,m wondering why people take more atention to the male and what it brings.

I will tell you that I never said scorebooks were worthless.  I will tell you that I already said dogs scoring well in big time trials are more of than not, a noteworthy dog.  I will say, the scores don't tell me anything I can't see with my own eyes :)

anyway, I know the odds of you actually answering a question vs coming back with some vague statement that somehow means you're smarter than everyoneis quite low, but since you still don't seem to get what my first post was getting at I'll ask it anyway.

Would you rather see Frank's scorebook, or his dog?

and for everyone else not named Matt, what would you rather see?  A scorebook?  Or the dog?

Zdog,.......I would rather see the dog...but sometimes that's not possible.

Frank,....Congratulations!!

Fawn,....As Matt said, the motherline contributes a great deal to the puppy and almost all litters (from any GSD mating) will have pups suitable for non IPO homes. However, if you want to do competitive agility your going to need a very high drive dog to do well :)

Zdog,

I always answer a question to the best that I understand it.

First off, I don't think the two are mutually exclusive which is why I stated earlier that a scorebook is part of the picture.

There are several permutations to your question.  Seeing a dog like we just have on the internet?  I'd rather see the scorebook.  If I had to choose either or.

Being there in person to watch the trial would be nice but I'd also want to see the scorebook.

Being able to watch the dog train and work him myself? Scorebook is nice to see but lessor importance. 

Matt

I get your meaning completely... I see some scores of 288 from dogs I know and it's not possible for the dog to score more than 260 in a club trial... First question is always "who was the judge"

My thing was more that not all dogs from Drago can't bark... LOL...

Ok my judges

IPO1 GSSCC Frank McEniry

IPO2 USCA Bob Johangten

IPO3 Regional Chanpionahips A - McEniry  B&C USCA Nathaniel Roque

I also would make a decision based more on seeing in person a dog than a video and titles 

Thanks Frank and I agree,

Your dog should put the whole, "they can't bark" mantra out to pasture.

Nice dog.  Good luck at the Nationals with him. 

^ geez, you give me too much credit - i am the only one that spoke against the bark and now it's a frikkin mantra, please????

I see value in scorebooks,seeing a dog live in person,living with the dog day today,seeing film,looking at peds,closely looking at dam side in the gene pool,all of it helps alot in the puzzle of knowing the dogs the best we can.