ok maybe we have a misunderstanding, Mccoy what you posted is excaclty what point i was trying to get across in my pevious post.
JHY as far as dog hunting about a year. I have gone almost every weekend in that time frame. As far knowledge I dont have as much as some people, but I do know excactly what i look for out of every breed of dog. and a yappy Ridgeback isnt one of them. Why does it matter?
well i will take one over most breeds anyday and thats a fact!!
so you will take Ridgeback that just is just straight bay over a BMC (lets say just for an example) that is straight bay. That is just the novelty factor so people can say yeah I got a Ridgeback. There is no real advantage to having a 115 lb baydog. Give me one advantage to having a 100 lb Bay dog. The advantage would be if that sucker could use his size to shut a pig down. Thats all iam saying in my opinion like i said before it would be a cull in my book.
So....with this logic, does that mean that a BMC that will catch is a cull?

? Is he a cull if he catches with another dog too?? If you buy a dog of any breed as a bay dog and he bays....is he a cull?? I have had and hunted with many a BMC that was 80 lbs and up and would bay until you got there then catch as good as any bulldog. Man, i wish I could find some more culls like that!!