The best time to stop a runner is before he makes the decision to run. If you have loose bay dogs and lead in your catch dog most experience runners will run either before you turn the cd loose or before he gets there. The idea with the rcd is to be with the bay dogs and catch when they find the hog. I run a rough crew and a loose baying crew it just demends I on what the hogs are doing.
Well if they catch it before it runs then how do you know it was a runner in the first place? I consider a sure enough runner one that splits as soon as he hears or sees a dog. If they just catch him as soon as contact is made, thats not a rough dog, thats a catch dog IMO.
I don't consider my rough dogs to be catch dogs when they will bay one that is over 150 lbs. . its a rough bay dog.
I mean catching any hog.
Then what is your definition of a rough bay dog?
