Max was a show dog. I say was because he never really liked it very much and once he got his champion we didn't go any further. Anyway some of the crazy stuff the dog people said to do was just ridiculous. That really was like alligator wrestling.Some of it seemed downright cruel. Of course a lot of stuff the dog show people did seemed cruel to me depending on the breed. After a few times of the wrestling around we had a little tête-à-tête and came to an understanding. He's really smart and he's a really good dog. He's just headstrong which is a breed trait. Hey, when you hunt lions you better think on your feet or else you get the claws.