“It was a heavy burden to bear. But it was absolutely true. I was the leader. I was in charge and I was responsible. Thus, I had to take ownership of everything that went wrong. Despite the tremendous blow to my reputation and to my ego, it was the right thing to do – the only thing to do.”

“Over the hill broke” is a dog that is so well trained that it will complete a certain sequence of actions properly even when the owner does not see it. So if the owner shoots a bird that falls on the other side of the crest of the hill, the owner can trust that the dog will go over the hill, remain focused and retrieve the bird properly…just as it would if it were retrieving the bird on this side of the crest. That is “over the hill broke!”