I want my dogs to catch anything under 100 lbs. I would rather them go ahead and shut down anything smaller than have them bay and it break and run a country mile spending all morning running a 50-75lb pig. The birddogs I run now catch by themselves anything 100lbs and less and sometimes catch up to 150lbs if it doesn't put up much of a fight. Everyone is different but I like walking to a bay and sending the bulldog to a good hog.
I'm right there with you, you have bird dogs doin this? My partner got some gsp but I'm lookin for something of this very nature. I traded for a gyp the other day and really hope this is how she is. If not I'll be lookin again, it's aggravating to chase a choate a mile. Not mad there on pigs just wish they'd let me know it was small