Running Catch Dogs

I don't necessarily agree with wanting small catch dogs for what yall consider the job of RCDs nor do I think it's a grand idea to be deliberately crossing bay dog breeds to catch dog breeds in order to obtain what's considered an RCD by most on here. To me, both of these ideas is just putting more hurdles in front of the dog for the dog to overcome. It is just my opinion but I think most people breed this way to get faster catch dogs and ones with better stamina because they either are not familiar with other types of catch type breeds that would be better suited for such a job and crossing to or they don't know where to obtain access to them or both.
   I also think that it is this type of dog that turns a lot of people off to them do to frequent bad experiences had by them. Not all the negative opnion of them are directly related to the type of dog used as an RCD but how they are hunted and what's paired with them also contributes to bad experiences with them as much as the other to make it double the potential trouble.
   To me, if a dogs job is to catch a pig, be it a lead in dog or an RCD it needs to be a catch dog through and through or else why put the C in RCD. Makes no sense to me either why some people will heavily vest their lead in catch dog with 4 layers of armer but the RCD they run has half the layers of protection. Reason for this is better movement usually but isn't the RCD exposed to the same risks as the lead in for much longer periods of time when running an RCD the way most do? Could this be the reason people had rather breed out so much catch out of the catch dog they call RCDs, so they really aren't catch dogs but rather really gritty dogs that will not catch all hogs the way their lead ins will? Another thing about vests and small Rcd's vs big ones is the small dog needs much more coverage by the vests. A good hog can better hook a small dog further back than it can a taller longer stouter dog. This extra coverage needed over a larger dog relults in more and quicker heat build up and less freedom of movement and manuverability.
   Now take the small RCD caught on a good hog vs a much larger dog. Isn't it easier for the hog to enforce it's will on a small dog caught on the ear verses a larger dog if all things are equal? I'd say so! Wouldn't it be much better for a catch dog that's gonna be caught longer than a lead in, to be of better strength and size so the pig can't enforce it's will on the dog since the dog is left to handle the pig longer than the typical lead in dog? I'd think so again.
   If a fast catch dog is what tickles your fancy, wouldn't it make sense to breed catch dogs from catch breeds that would yeild a better suited catch dog for the purpose of running pigs down and catching them rather than breeding rougher bay dogs?
   I personally don't think the typical RCD used by most is fast enough to be considered what I would think of as an RCD but there is no set speed requirement that I'm aware of. I think it's more of a style than speed that a lot of guys refer to. In my personal view, a catch dog that barely keeps pace with a typical bay dog would not be considered a running catch dog either. Crossing a Catahoula to a bulldog isn't gonna give a hole lot of speed. I think of a running catch dog as a dog that decisively over takes a fast pig, not one that struggles to close the distance or keep pace. This inturn will allow the pig to get to a preferred spot to turn and fight rather than be caught as the dog dictates. Course if your running bay dogs with an RCD, you have already disregarded this anyway and give the advantage to the pig.
   I'm not trying to create drama here by going against the general flow of things here, just my thoughts and views to added to the conversation. Maybe it will make sense to some but I'm sure others will not see it as such. In the end who cares what label a dog falls under or what Joe Blow calls his dog. If he wants to call his chiweenie an rcd then it's his dog and he can call it what he wants. We all have different standerds and veiws. This is just mine.