Update on my Mako dog.. RIP son

This dog was one of my top picks to begin with... I gave him to the stud dog's owner out of respect... who promptly sold him... I managed to get the dog back, and decided to place him with a cowhand I "thought" would understand what kind of working dog he was.... He did work the hell out of him for the first couple months util the injury... Unfortunately, all he was used to was watered down, mediocre at best, cowdogs.... Mako was just more than he knew how to handle, plain and simple.

After the tongue thing, I asked him again to either work the dog or give him back... I know the trouble these dogs can get into when they don't have an outlet for the drive... He said he liked the dog too much, which I understood, because these dogs are very likeable... but likeable like a pet shark that hasn't eaten in a month... Got to work these dogs, otherwise they cannot be pets.

... what's worse, is I'm good friends with this guy... was wondering why I haven't heard from him in over a mnth... his son slipped up today and told me why.