What are your dogs missing?

Boy now you've done it. Went and ruined all those years of breeding up a good line of hog dogs. Your trash problems have just multiplied introducing Plotts. lol Good thing you bred them down to a 1/4 cause a little Plott goes a long ways. haha All kidding aside, best of luck with her. she is pretty.
Some of my thoughts on stopping hogs. Out in the open is the easiest place for a dog to stop a hog. It is in the thick that the grittier dogs have problems for a number of reasons. If they get to gritty, the hog breaks and runs and there is not much they can do about it. The thick stuff is where I get most of my dogs busted up. They either have to be tough enough to grab him and hold him or just back up in bay. There is such a fine line between too much grit and not enough. Then there are the dogs that just have the touch. They are way more consistent in baying hogs. I am talking about dogs that are by there self. I have noticed in my Plotts, some of my less gritty dogs bay more hogs then my tougher ones. Sometimes they bite off more then they can handle and the hog breaks and runs.
Now what do I lack in my Plotts. I dont know if we have enough time for all that so I will give you the short list. Everytime I get outrun I know I need more speed. Especially running with some of my buddies 1/2 cur x 1/2 July hounds . Also there are some curs out there that are exceptionally fast. But if my Plotts can hang in there a hour or so, they will take over the race. Nose, Sometimes We might find a track around noon or later and if they cant trail it, I would like more nose. Most people dont need that kind of nose because they have plenty of hogs but we track hunt a lot and I want trail dogs. If I didnt bearhunt I would have gone to a Plott cur cross or July x Cur cross a long time a go. They are the fastest thing in the woods jmo.
The other side of the coin is everyone likes something different depending on their terrain and the hogs they have. I know one thing and it is hard to get evrerything in one dog.