Smart fast rough dogs that bay if needed and make a hog pay for trying to run catch with another dog or when I show up.
this is the style I like as well...I used to keep a pack of these dogs...but at least with mine...in the thick briars sometimes they caught him and sometimes he broke and ran before the dogs could set up to hold him...the hog breaks and runs to the next thick patch and when the dogs show up he breaks and runs again to the next one...in the heat of the summer with high humidity and the thick weeds between thick patches and the dogs will finally over heat...but catch him in the open woods or open country and the hog wasn't going anywhere...
I did know that these dogs stopped more hogs working alone because they put enough teeth to make the hog pay attention and only grab if the hog tried to run...but I like running my dogs more than trying to catch every hog...do not get me wrong...I would like to catch every hog started but not always the case...
this has been the hardest part ever to try and breed into a dog for me...there is a fine line between too gritty and not gritty enough...IMO what usually happens is that some dogs go in and nip and back out...2 dogs get to doing it and the hog will get nervous, breaks bay and runs...this is about how I see it...
loose bay dogs that have that cow sense probably might be the best bet...but I like the rougher dogs...make my adrenaline flow...
