Run to catch

The run to catch mentality for the type of cur dogs T-dog runs and many others tend to be the same type of dog including mine...they are not really run to catch...I am speaking more for myself but many will probably agree...these dogs are strike dogs with plenty of casting range, excellent tracking with plenty of bottom...the mentality of these dogs is more like “run to stop“...

The dog is smart enough to stop a hog and then back up and bay...if enough dogs show up they will catch, back up and bay and catch again if the hog is trying to break and run...a lot of times it is very thick so it is hard for the dogs to get close enough to stop one right away...so the dogs will be pretty far away and it might take a good while to get to them...young dogs that think they can kill a hog will sometimes die of heat exhaustion when really far away because they will fight hard without any quit which leads to heat exhaustion amongst other hazards...

Too much grit can work against this type of dog...especially the inexperienced pups with the extra grit...They tend to have that fire to run to stop or even catch...

I better explain this for black streak...

Catch and let go and if the hog tries to run catch again...the dogs are just taking a break and just keeping the hog stopped and working smart...these dogs will catch again when someone shows up or can be trained to catch on command...or to back up on command...I like this style of dog...

And there are other styles of strike dogs but we are talking run to catch mentality...and run to stop...

Run to catch a hog is exactly that...the dog would be a running catch dog...