By request

Black Streak...I like what you said...sounds like you are well educated to what you like in a dog as well as how you hunt...

You said...To me, an all around hog dog should to do it all. Find and catch

That sounds great and really if you catch hogs each time you go out or almost every hog your dogs start then I will have to agree with you...

I do have a question for you...if you turn out in a 5000 acre ranch that does not have many hogs and is mostly wooded...will your dogs pick up an older track and work it until they find and catch a hog? do you have the confidence that a hog will be found? 5000 acres is a huge piece of land...

it seems to me there is no such thing as an all around hog dog on account of many different terrains and situations...

Believe me I did try to breed all around hog dogs and I was very happy with them but they didn't catch all the hogs we started due to several reasons...I thought about adding pitbull but couldn't bring my self to do it on account I didn't want to lose what I hand gained...also thought about super gritty coyote hound of the run to catch type just to add a little more track speed...I could take out 1 or 2 dogs and stop more hogs sooner than with 4 or 5...most places are thick places to hunt...just want your thoughts and if you don't mind if you would give more detail on what you believe is the all around hog dog...

to me an all around hog dog does not mean a dog that catches every hog he starts but one that can have an all around nose for winding, ranging and being able to take a decent track...have enough range to hunt out, have plenty of bottom if needed...I want all I mentioned but also to include what you said...that would be the all around hog dog...catching smart like you mentioned is part of being a good hog dog...but my experience is that sometimes these dogs get caught between a hog and another dog, a fallen log or in between a dry creek bank and the hog and so they can get wrecked...I now run vests on my dogs full time whether it is swimming in the river or 98 degrees with high humidity...

again...not knocking anything you said...just want to know if your dogs can do the other things I consider to be the all around hog dog...