Oak Ridge
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I can only think of ONE scenario (that doens't mean they don't exist...I just can't think of another one) where a dog can take MINUS points for an act (striking or treeing) than he could not have receive PLUS points for.
In my mind, if the judge instructed them to handle the dogs , and they left before the handlers could catch them, that is one scenario....if they left prior to the judge making the determination that they were all on the same tree, that is another scenario...if it is later determined that the tree had already been scored, that throws some other variables into the mix.
IF (that is the key word) we take the fact that a dog can not receive minus for what it could not possibly be rewarded with plus points, a dog could not reasonably be minused for leaving a previously scored tree. HOWEVER, until the judge determines exactly what tree the dogs were on, we have no way of knowing that the dogs were on a previously scored tree. As soon as the judge says "handle them"....the scenario is set for this to be a "dead tree" and since they could not get plussed, they can't be minused.
One could argue all night about the strike points, but I would say that you would call time out, and the handlers would have an hour to catch the dogs for a re-cast or risk being scratched for delaying the cast.
If the dogs left before the judge made a determination which tree all of them were on, then they would be liable to be minused for being declared treed and leaving.....
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