My only thing is, I expect bay dogs to help catch when I get there or the bulldog gets there. Not much point of a 35 lb dog catching. believe me, I have one. In a perfect world, I would have two big dogs that would find pigs, bay till I got there and then catch like a bulldog. then I wouldnt need any other dogs at all. but if I had to feed 5 or 6 little dogs to do the same job, there just is no advantage they eat as much as 2 big dogs and its just more to mess with.
I am with you. I have seen catchdogs get chunked and it was good to have those strike dogs that grab with the catchdogs. They kind of held it down for a moment for the catchdogs to catch again.
