I heard the same thing about Reggie not handling the pressure and having to be sent back.Mapel Valley Kennels LLC. wrote:Hey Bill in Reggies defense, he was getting packed or trialed every freaking weekend. Had he of been run correctly he would of never been sent back. Never the Less he come back and did it. Constant pack pressure as we know can be a Bitzh, somebody mentioned Cookie. I could tell within 10 mins if she had been soloed or not when she came to the Midwest.
Handling pressure goes with brains and not being overly competitive to a fault.
I know of several dogs that are trialed every weekend and they don't blow up or get rattled, that takes brains brains brains, some dogs can handle it and some can't.
Some dogs are too high strung and have to be ran up, some even before a trial just to settle down.
He did finish 2nd time up North and that's what matters in the end, as long as his owner and the people who breed to him are happy that's what counts in the end.