Bear Dogs?

It seems that folks will add bulldog to anything....with the 'idea' that it'll make them better. That might work for hog hunting but not bear hunting. Bear hunting in the SE where I live is a bit different that other places,....a bear that climbs a tree down here is more than likely a dead bear, so they learn to run and run they do. It's the same thing as has been done with the hogs,....the catch and release folks have trained the hogs to run in my opinion. It takes some really hard core bear dogs to make a bear tree around here,....they have to pull some hair and basically make life on the ground too miserable for them not to tree. However,.....never seen a bear 'caught' on the ground as we see hogs get caught. Folks that have never fooled with a bear don't understand how fast a bear is when it's serious about fighting a bunch of dogs. They make a hog look like it's moving in slow motion seems to me.....it's plum unreal how fast and quick a mad or scared bear really is.....and any dogs that would catch a bear like a hog would be dead in short order. I saw a video that Tom (tnhillbilly) made a year or so ago that was the dangdest thing I've ever seen.....he was videoing his and another guys dogs treeing a bear,.....well the bear decides to come down and leave the scene, it backs down the tree and jumps right off into the middle of the dogs, they had several there at the tree, and the dogs actually caught the bear, not for long but they did catch it. It got ahold of one of Tom's dog's collar and made the dog squall thinking the bear had it by the neck......video went off right there.....lol But those dogs were as lucky as they get not to get killed on that deal.