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Lets Bring the Mirror Back into the Conversation.
I saw a question over on Facebook asking about what top hounds have beat you in competition hunts. My mind immediately went to the fact they didn't have to be top hounds to beat me and my dogs. I have lost to every imaginable type of hound. Buts that's OK. I am one of the few that just enjoyed and was Thankful for being there. Being a part of something I believed in.
As you are preparing your dogs. It is important to prepare yourself. Prepare yourself to be able to look into the MIRROR at the end of the night and see someone you like. Not a cheat, not a crybaby, but an honest person that enjoys coon hounds. Also not a person that gives the cast away to cheats and crybabies. That takes a lot of work, just like it takes a lot of work to shape that good dog. Shape yourself into a person that you can live with when looking into the MIRROR and also a person that stood up for his dog and didn't give his dog a bad name in doing so.
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Good post Bruce, and what you're saying is true in all aspects of life and society, not just coondogs and coonhunters. Seems to me that personal accountability has become a truly uncommon virtue in our society as a whole, and we suffer the consequences accordingly.
As a dad that's pretty involved in a lot of kid sports, I see more than my share of responsibility deflection, placing blame, and an inability/reluctance (from both kids and parents) to acknowledge faults and shortcomings. Its a rare individual these days that can look in the mirror, really see what's there, and come up with a way to improve it if necessary.
Re: Lets Bring the Mirror Back into the Conversation.
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Originally posted by Bruce m. Conkey
........ But that's OK. I am one of the few that just enjoyed and was Thankful for being there, being a part of something I believed in....
As you are preparing your dogs. It is important to prepare yourself.......
Frankly, Bruce I am against mirrors! Every time I am around a mirror there is this old guy I don't recognize. So put me down as not a fan of mirrors. As for losing, I still do that as well as when I was a young man.
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