MULTI PURPOSE DOGS

nosightsneeded,

I have not had the pleasure of meeting you, but I can see you like to stir the pot (lol).

When I had 100+ cows I had a pack of dogs that I would like to think of as the type Mike referred to. These dogs were great IMO. My dogs could work cows in the day and catch hogs at night. These dogs were BMC and we never used catch dogs, there was no need to.

Here is were the buttt comes in to play. I could take these dogs through a herd of cows at night time with no issues at all. To reverse the role when we were using the dogs on cows in the day and ran across hogs, well you know. We were roping dogs or catching hogs. These dogs did what it took to get the job done period. I could live with there short comings.

I am not a dog trainer, but I do believe that the alpha dog plays a huge part on the packs end results. With that being said if you want to multi-task make sure the your lead dog is a smart one that is very well rounded. And that is my 2 cents worth. Later...