Sentences with word «gameness»
earned his Certificate of Gameness in one try at 12 years of age.
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As such, many other breeds are frequently tested and certified for gameness using non-fighting scenarios.
«A few examples of true gameness in a dog would be the weight - pull dog that simply never quits trying to pull a load, and must be stopped by his handler when the load becomes too heavy, the tracking dog who continues to work out a faint, hours - old trail in the 100 degree F heat and scores a perfect 100 in a grueling F.H. German tracking test, -LSB-...] the search and rescue dog who climbs over brush and debris hour after hour searching for victims.
As Diane Jessup explains in The Working Pit Bull, «Gameness does not mean a desire to fight — it means a desire to finish or succeed at a task» (156).
you can have dogs that may go at it for say five minutes of just about any breed but the word gameness that these people breed for even they will tell you is a rare thing to find and what they mean is finding a dog that has the will to fight over the will to survive.
The Airedale's size and gameness continued to win it worldwide fame as a hunter, even proving itself as a big game hunter.
Tom Garner developed this bloodline for its lean appearance and overall gameness.
In any case, by no later than the mid-19th century, the breed had acquired all of the essential characteristics for which it is still prized today: its awesome athletic abilities, its peerless gameness, and its easy - going temperament.
NOTE: Except for AWTA Certificate of Gameness earned prior to October 1995, only American Kennel Club events / titles can earn V.C. points.
Therefore, these early bull breeds were not bred for looks but rather gameness and stamina.
The genetic closeness of the dogs made it easy to pass on certain traits — it just so happens that the traits of the Old Family dogs included not only gameness, but the genes for red noses as well.
In the classic working terriers, gameness involved continuing hunting and flushing despite dealing with some dangerous underground species.
I do understand evaluating each animal as an individual but what I'm not liking is the denial of pit - bulls being one of the most powerful dogs, even stronger than their guardians with a strong gameness trait not to give - up.
The sizes and sexes of the dogs matter, as do certain aspects of their temperaments such as terrier gameness.
The truth is that most terriers were bred to a specific breed standard that required gameness for the dog to be able to do the job he was originally bred to do.
Finally, it is important to recognize that this heritage of gameness partially contributes to the Pit Bull's wonderful and resilient personality.
All these are tests of gameness with value (unlike dog fighting, which has no value to society whatsoever) and acceptance in our modern world.»
The tireless Border Collies we see in herding and tracking exhibit gameness.
Dogfighters assess gameness by testing their dogs in the pit, with the ultimate (and very cruel) goal to produce a dog that would fight other dogs to the death (these rare dogs are referred to as «dead game»).
Like the AKC, we do not discuss gameness and fighting here either to praise or malign Pit Bulls.
But as Jessup further notes, there are other, far better ways to gauge gameness in Pit Bulls and other breeds:
With this in mind, we will give the final word on gameness to Dr. D. Caroline Coile, author of Pit Bulls for Dummies:
It's also, as I have mentioned was common in the large wave of art games over the last decade, a sort of denying gameness, structurally speaking.
Gameness does not equal aggressiveness.
To the extent that it does work speaks to the gameness of its cast and Ruben's direction.
Despite the gameness and joviality of an impressive ensemble cast, Miller doesn't dive deep enough when it comes to locating profound insight in her characters» psyches.
The gameness he describes is the willingness of the animal to fight to its own death.
Some have been mixed with other breeds, so you get a wide variance of territoriality, gameness, fearfulness, predatory instincts, and aggression.
Due to the agility and gameness being developed in the breed many owners began to also compete their dogs in other activities including matches against each other.
Ideally, the breeders hoped, they could produce dogs with the athletic prowess of bulldogs and the «gameness» of terriers.
Some were highly prized for their guarding and protective tendencies, others for their hunting prowess, others for their fighting skills, and others for their «gameness» and tenacity.
In the meanwhile, in the 19th century, in Scotland, England and Ireland, bulldogs were bred with terriers so to obtain a dog with the agility, speed and gameness of the terrier and the strength of the bulldog.
Meanwhile, American Staffordshire Terriers, which are also grouped under the general term «pit bull» never was a fighting dog, and gameness was not necessarily a concern, either, as they were primarily show dogs, bred for conformation and appearance.
It is important to understand that gameness is not the same thing as aggressiveness.
This is the trait of «gameness» that so many breed fanciers speak of, which may be defined as, «The desire to continue on and / or complete a task despite pain and discomfort.»
Sure, people originally took advantage of a pitbull's gameness — or desire to compete — and turned it against other pitbulls.
The result is a pit bull terrier that has the athleticism and strength of the bulldog and gameness of a terrier.
Whatever the AmStaff's true genetic composition might be, we are certain that working - class Brits with an interest in blood sports combined the stocky build and punishing jaws of old - style Bulldogs with the innate courage and «gameness» of terriers to create bull - type terrier breeds.
The desire to please and the natural inclination for human companionship and affection have been bred into the APBT since the inception of the breed, while the «gameness» has been bred out of the line by responsible breeders over the past several decades.
In the 19th century, some terriers were then purposely bred with bulldogs in hopes of attaining a dog blessed with the agility, speed and gameness of the terrier and the strength of the bulldog.
The early bull dogs and terrier types were remarkably different from the breeds of today and were selected mainly for their gameness, inbred courage and aggressiveness.
While larger Bulldogs were used for baiting bulls and bears in the 18th century, when dog - fighting became more popular they needed a smaller more agile breed with a terrier's «gameness» and so starting crossing with the popular terrier breeds of the time.
Because both dogs were originally bred to fight other dogs in pits and both dogs belong to the terrier group, gameness was highly prized.