John D
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Missouri
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I'd just as soon see the current title requirements left alone.
But, I believe there would be interest in some type of objective performance evaluation system. Not only can you verify that the dog can tree its own coon, but you can also rate a whole bunch of things, like hunt, tracking ability, locating, accuracy, disposition, treeing, straightness, length of ears(oops), conformation, etc. For those interested in breeding better coondogs, I think this might be a more useful tool than titles. The ideal dog would have the titles AND a high performance rating.
The nice thing about a performance rating is it breaks down all the aspects of a coondog. When a dog gets a title, we pretty much know it trees coons and thats about it. Wouldn't it be nice to see a piece of paper that accurately reflects almost everything there is to know about a hound?
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