What if the dogs screwed to the ground were like that because they weren't smacked?.
I'm no expert or professional dog trainer and I'm not condoning knocking the shit
out of dogs, but I'd reckon the majority of gundogs at the top level have had that and worse.
When I say screwed down,I mean the handler is constantly on it, dominating, chastising etc and dog in a submissive manner belly on the ground all the time.
Atb