Parker, thats why I put up that pic with 4 dogs holding a single, the rest of the herd is behind that cow. Those dogs are trained not to get rough with a cow that has not left the herd (handle). I do not want a dog to bite a cow that is looking at them, back up and bay. If she breaks and runs those four will hang off her head untill she gets back to the herd or they will catch and hold her untill I can get her caught.
We catch alot of mavric cattle in this part of Texas, big pastures here. My favorite dogs for working big country are Catahoula/ Plott cross dogs. They are long range dogs that stay hooked but are smart about holding cattle or hogs. I think the thing to remember is that we don't have any "pet" cattle out here, they are often harder to find and hold than the hogs. So our dogs that go both ways are just as you have described your hunting dogs, just with a little more handle.
That is the type cattle we caught in the swamps of Florida and mountain ridges of North Georgia.....the thing is...if they came to range cubes and a truck horn....they wouldn't have called us.....
