-Disadvantages: Less control once caught, more damage inflicted to CD AND curs trying to help catchdog control bad hog... seen it over and over and over again...
... many variables to consider I have not come to an understanding of yet.
In you opinion why do you think this is? Catch style or size, or a lil of both? I have never really used CD's, just curs that would catch and every once in a while go with someone with a CD. Been pondering what the best all around CD a while myself, because like u say...hopefully keep all of the dogs safer.
Just because you "can" do something, does not mean it is the best(safest) way... Yes, it sure is cool to be able to tell your cur to catch... very handy some times... other times... those cur dogs get killed. And THEN what you got? Dead dogs.
Good cur dogs are too hard to produce to ask them to catch a bad boar hog, that is what a good CD is for. I hear it all the time from respected friends of mine... "man we got on a bad one, he slung the catch dog/bay dogs all over the place, wrecked everything, and hauled ass."
It is a trade off. A big, strong CD makes it much safer for all involved... at the cost of production however... but when lost time/dogs from injury is factored in... it might just average out....
