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quote: Originally posted by GA DAWG
It was there and handled at the tree. Should have went on. They can question it and we can go back. What would you have done if a coon was up there rip? I figure the dog got scratched or we wouldn't be seeing this question
Yes, all dogs at the tree must be handled, you don't have the option. If the dog is around the tree when you are you have to leash him up by the rules.
If it were a registered cast you could NOT assign points and minus that dog.
That's the point. The dog didn't do ANYTHING to be considered molesting off game so there is no way you can scratch him.
There has to be a rules violation to scratch, and the rule is very clear he has to molest the off game in order to be scratched. If he doesn't then he can't be scratched.
Just like you can't minus a dog for quitting a track unless it comes in to the cast, you can't scratch a NTCH for being in the vicinity of off game. It has to do something to deserve the scratch (that's also why you can't scratch one for smelling like a skunk, when Todd wrote that he said you don't know if the dog molested the skunk to get sprayed or just got close to it and got sprayed). No difference in this instance, just because he was in the area isn't the same as molesting the off game.
Now there may be more to the story, but you can't just scratch a dog for being in an area. If so people would turn dogs out in a field full of cows and scratch them as they go through.
They have to mess with the off game to legally be scratched.
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