What is a dog man?

Dog Man.........I would say its a man that spent a good portion of his life working and/or hunting with dogs, breeding and raising working dogs that excell above most at what they do. NOTICE I did not say selling dogs. Not only that......he's got a nack with dogs in general and understands them, and he has a special nack with the type of dogs he deals with and an extensive knowledge of those kind of dogs. He can recognize good things about a dog and is aware of the fact that great dogs are rare, he can also recognize the downsides of a dog and is honest with others and more importantly himself about those downsides. He can get the best out of a dog. He has a love for dogs but does not get attached to any one particular dog or show favoritism toward particular dogs and does not get clouded judgement about a favorite dog.

There are very few men that I would consider true dog men. Most of the time, in my opinion, they were raised with dogs. Not just a few pets over the years but working dogs and more than the average person is normally exposed to. As we all know the mind of a child is better equiped for learning and less clouded with biase and preconcieved beleifs than that of an adult.

Waylon