Catch dog stopped catching?

I look at it this way, if I am going to call a dog a catch dog that dog better catch every time or he isn't going to be a catch dog. Simply put, no room for error or no time for a dog that I have doubt on. # years is old for a catch dog...a lot of good catch dogs are dead by 3. I sure am not going to feed any dog until they are 3 if they are not doing what I expect them to do and I expect a catch dog to catch every time by 18 to 20 months. Maybe some say that is early, but I've had dogs do it, so that it my standard. If someone else's standards are lower, that is their idea.

Above all else, dogs must be mentally tough. A real good bear dog or lion dog or hog dog is going to get beat up once in a while. But if getting beat up changes their mentality so much that sometimes they do their job and sometimes they don't, than the dog is a cull. If you want to cut your dogs slack and give them excuses that is fine, I'm not giving a catch dog one inch of slack because I am going in behind him (sometimes with my head down to keep briar out of my eyes and most of the time with my 6 or 8 year old son behind me). He must do his job or I am going to be in a bind.

Dogs that get beat up should learn but it should not change them from their job. My idea of a catch dog is catching every time, die trying, or he better try to catch the hog and if he gets slung off, he better try to run to down. Simply going to the bay and not trying to catch wont cut it at my house.

Pit, dogo, cur, or whatever- if he going to be a catch dog he better catch. I've seen great catch dogs that were not bull dogs (and their is a difference) - they were mentally tough and they caught.