I have mixed opinions on a dog that catches on the snout, yes it puts them in a bad spot on the bad end of a big hog, no i dont beleive they have the ability to stay hung compared to a dog that is straight ear. BUT i do feel that they can contribute to the cause...... I run only and strike dog or two, maybe three in a partner is hunting with me. All the strike dogs are pretty tight bay but no catch at all on hogs over 20-30 pounds. So we run at least two soild catchdogs that both catch ears, we also perfer to have 1 snout dog, reason why is once the two have a ear and the snout dog catches snout it really does wonders to save the other 2 ear dogs from gettin cut, the snout dog controls the hog from ripping its head(tusk up and down the two ear dogs. The whole head is shut down that way, yes that snout dog takes a Beating sometimes but it preserves the others greatly in my opinion.
On another note me main CD does catch on top of neck on small and medium sized hogs. May be because he is pretty dang tall or other reasons, but when its a big hog he will be on ear everytime.
I say snout, ear, whatever if you think it helps your pack then run em!!
Here is mine on a few smaller sized hogs on the top of neck.
