So... most of the experienced hunters I deal with prefer a catch dog with a bit of brains...
The "camacazi" style is fun to watch, but misses often and usually gets a good face shot in the process....
Add just a touch of "sense"... and that dog suddenly thinks about the best angle to properly hit a hog, minimizing personal risk, and optomizing grip placement for best control of hog...
Who wouldn't want that??
Why would I want a dog with the mindset to run hisself into a brick wall... over and over again... "just because he's bred to do it"
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Sure he's tough, sure he'll die right there tryin'... but does it really help me catch more hogs? No.
Dogs like this get their teeth knocked out, cut to pieces, and just generally don't last too long...
I'll take a catch dog that has the ability to learn...."think" .... and "listen" when instructed. Doesn't mean they're any less hard... just with a little added intelligence...
To each his own, but that's what I appreciate... along with most other dog men I know with way more experience than myself....
Noah, I couldnt agree with you more! BUT!!!! I believe you are asking for the Hoards to turn Thier catch dogs loose on you for making statements like this.....lol I have good friends that pride themselves in having a catch dog that will hit a hog on a dead run! I have a friend that tells the same story every time he has a new audience, that story is, his pit gyp was the best CD ever! Because!!! get a load of this, she went out in a tank and drowned locked on a big hog, but she never let go!!! this is his finest hog hunting accomplishment. I have watched this dog catch dozens of hogs, she hit them like a freight train, the first time, the second time, and sometimes she actualy caught them on the third try!!! but once she did get hold of them, she wasnt coming off! and once you and your friends finally got her loose it took the whole crew to drag her all the way back to the truck, the entire time she was trying to get loose so she could go back and eat the hog......This was the best catch dog HE! ever saw......NO THANKS!!!
