It's like a baseball manager looking at his statistics in making out his line-up. If Oscar Crackball has hit this lefthander for an average of only 210, he darn well better use Jeff Strongarm who has pounded this guy for a 325 average in his place. For example, by taking this tack, I have nagging doubts that my dog can beat all comers under any condition and I find it's not always easy to live with that doubt in my mind. Do I have the best or is it my intent to only win the point races fostered by the dog magazines. Grace and I have rattled that one around aplenty.
Grace says it another way.
If you don't compete, you can't lose - but you can't win either. As I've said before, smart girl that Grace. In our rambling discussions with other breeders both at club meetings and at shows a number of elements of sportsmanship have come up. Certainly it is apparent that in any breed there can only be a winners dog and bitch plus a best of breed or variety and best of opposite sex. This leaves many others to ponder why the fates did not chose them.