ohio russians

Well ive hunted them all and ain't none of it as rough these mtns. Not sayin it ain't rough in other places but it just don't compare. Like Mike said, a good dog is a good dog any where you drop it. Whether its hound, cur, Rcd or whatever. I run plotts and have for 20 yrs. Ain't seen but one that was straight catch and hold. If you got 5 dogs of any breed caught or tryin to catch 3/4 mi Out you ain't gonna have them long.
With few hogs in rough terrain, its been my experience the longer ranged colder nosed dogs that wont quit, that will put enough pressure on him to make him stop, but back up and bay when he does, not keep over pressuring it causing it to keep breaking bay.
If its rough and gonna take an he to get to them, you need dogs that can hold the hog til you get there, either with a gun or catch dog.
If I was gonna go the catch route I would use hotter nosed shorter range dogs.
Ive hunted with both, and both showed me hogs, both styles work, you just have to decide which suits you better, and go thru dogs til you find a couple that will CONSISTENTLY produce hogs. This usually takes A LOT of time, and effort.
As far as the plotts being all that rough, some are but most ain't real catchy, the curs that ive seen seem to be more catchy. just my .02