Meaning of "Game"

[Gunner123 103]

We have had "dead game" so i thought -

 

What does this term "GAME" mean to you and how would you explain your dog or another dog as being "GAME"

[half n' half 8]

i'd say game means sticking to the task till the job gets done whatever may happen.

[Running 7]

i would say that a time limit may benifit a good conditioned dog who may be able to out last a poor one where as game is attatuded even when the odds are completey agenst he does not see it like that(if you understand what i mean?) IMO

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

i'd say game means sticking to the task till the job gets done whatever may happen.

 

in a nutshell!...as above... seeing the job through no matter what

(love the avatar pic...would of loved to of bought that man a pint)

[Simoman 110]

Yep, seeing the job through even when the chips are down and the dog seems in an impossible situation.............

[Moorman 1 1,327]

Three words ............WILL TO WIN.

[black-spring 18]

We have had "dead game" so i thought -

 

What does this term "GAME" mean to you and how would you explain your dog or another dog as being "GAME"

 

The constant belief that no matter what the circumstance you will be victorious and the drive to see it to the its conclusion.

 

but if you are talking specifically what is meant when talking "game dog" it is normally a dog that has gone through some form of "game test"

 

the more interesting question is what is the difference between "gameness" and "prey drive"

[mushroom 12,828]

I'd say prey drive was the urge to get on and gameness the will to see it through.

 

Kie

[theferreter 311]

3 words wont back down

[bigstu2008 9]

I'd say prey drive was the urge to get on and gameness the will to see it through.

 

Kie

 

this get my vote

[Guest dances]

think he hit it on the head there

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Two little stories for me justify the word game -

Used to have a very well muscled black dog by the name of 'Heller'.We used to work a sand pit ,not strickly with permission mind but .........

We ran a fox to ground with the lurchers one afternoon ,well under a pile of boken slabs really and entered 'Hell '.Because we had run it in ,it wasnt about to bolt and a propper noise started up from within .The lurchers were left to circle as we moved slabs to get to them .As we neared the sound i could see the dog scrambling up a large slab to get to his fox at the top who had the upper hand and punished him before he slid down again .I called a mate over and we watched them both for a while ,not wanting to cave the lot in on them as we were doing to get to where we were .Several times the dog screamed and scaled the slab ,only to lose his footing and take a bite or two until he had had enough and found the strength to hold a bit longer at the top to get a hold of charlies snout ,whereby he shook it and drew it to the bottem of the slope where the tables were turned and payback was issued ten fold .

Another time we were working an old derelict building that was used to house American troops in the last war .The wooden floors were supported with bricks with air gaps between them ,just big enough for charlie to get through but not your average terrier .Gaps in the floor above had given charlie access over the years and we bolted several a season here for the lurchers .One time we entered a small russel at one end and held the lurcher at the usual bolt hole but despite a bit of baying ,no bolt .Then there was growling followed by screams and scrabbling .We found the position of the commotion and with a spade we lifted the boards carefully to find the dog hold of charlies tail one side of a brick divide with himself dishing out a fair bit to the dog whos head was 3/4 the way through the gap .The dog hadnt been there long but it was a feat to remember all the same .Scruffing the fox for a dispatch,we had to the cut off the tail before the dog could be drawn out .

Both examples of gameness in my book along with many others i could recount .As said ,it is the will to win ,to see the job done whatever the time it takes or cost along the way

[bullmatt 5]

i'd say game means sticking to the task till the job gets done whatever may happen.

alot of people would say there is no such thing aS A GAME DOG OUT OF THE BOX, PERSONALLY I AGREE WITH HALF N HALF .

Edited November 29, 2009 by bullmatt

[Hagen 11]

It's very difficult to breed a high percentage of game dogs,because gameness works against the strongest instinct, ...the instinct of self-preservation.

Even you breed only with the gamest dogs you know, over many generations, you will not have all game dogs in a litter.

It's much easier to breed a strong dog, with a lot of wind and a hard bite, than a game one.

In a breeding-line gameness is easy to loose, and hard to get back.

Some people even say: "If gameness is gone, ...it's gone."

So, I think it's better to care about gameness, than any other things in a breeding programm. If the dogs lacks wind or hard bite etc. you can make a one time outcross with a dog who has it, and then go back to breed to gameness.