Rocketman55
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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: SE Ohio, Glouster
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I don't like it. In my opinion, 30 seconds is NOT long enough for a (REAL COONDOG) to fully check out, every tree that is made in the course of the night. Some trees can be checked for accurace/honesty within 30 seconds, but on some of those older cold feeding tracks where dogs are bumping around, struggling to find the right tree, a rule such as this will require the handler to pitch his dog on a tree before the dog has had ample time to fully check out the situation, or breed for more of a cover dog. Now I know some are gonna say a real coondog will never be at that tree, but I wont call them a real condog unless they will cover as well as split.
I think bringing the inclusion of this rule would create even more of a "me too" type dog. As they better not take the time to check the tree out or they will loose tree points. They would have to cover immediately or not be there at all.
I would prefer to see a timer rule put on the back end of the 5 minute grace period. I would like to see any/all dogs that cover after 4 minutes only receive 25 tree points. 3 minutes and 59 seconds is long enough (in my opinion) for dogs to cover and receive some sort of extra credit, But I don't like seeing dogs get extra credit after 4 minutes. again only my opinion, and I'm dumber than a rock!!
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