Catch Dog Styles

[hogaholicswife]

I must not understand the original post. Any cd that rides the wheeler, or walks with us on a leash, (does not run with the curs) is considered a lead in cd with me and my hunting freinds. Any cd that has been on a hunt or two that i have ever seen will go to any bay it can hear if we let it. I think your style of cd is no different than what I consider a lead in cd except your hunting on a wheeler instead of foot.?.? .02 Correct me if I am wrong.

Our CD rides in the hog trailer until (if) he is needed and when the time comes we turn him out of the trailer to go straight to the bay on his own with the guys following; he may have to hold it a few minutes before they can get to him and after the hog is thrown he is expected to go back to the trailer/truck on his own with out a leash while they drag it out.

He doesnt run with the curr dogs but will from time to time sneak off and catch his own or we may put him on one that creeps out of the cane while the others are hunting but that is rare.

Was just curious if  anyone else did it this way.

[BAYRAT.BROS]

some times i run my catch dogs on the ground with my strike dogs but my catch dogs work out of a dog box as well when i road hunt out of the truck

[make-em-squeel]

Yes i think its fair to say thats pretty normal, except that yours loads himself up, and I would consider yours a lead in cd. I perfer to get close and cut the cd loose but probably 60% of the time we cut them loose from 2-800 yards away and they catch for a min. or four before we get there. Congrats on having such a good handle on yours.... meaning he goes and loads up after his job is done by himself, most of ours just bark. Whoever isnt dealing with the hog just puts our bulldogs on a lead until we get back to the wheeler etc.

[JUG]

here at HogBiz we use an American Boar Terrier , just our line of CD ...  i used Maijor as a RCD somtimes or a lead in .. he will go to the bay as long as he can hear it ... we have line bred for big game hunting only , our dogs have good temperment with dogs , livestock and humans .... this line has a hard mouth "bone crushing" stoppin power ..  the brood stock is proven and hunted in south Louisiana , we have a few pups in Texas and Mississippi that will start this year .. the foundation dogs are large , but i'm seeing the offspring come med. 50-60lbs. with more wind, speed and that hard mouth .. check out our site www.americanboarterrier.com tell me what you think .. not many people breeding for the perfect CD , we're just raising the bar on tomorrows CD !!

These are some kind words from a Hog Dogger after making a hunt with him .

I have hunted with Jughead's big male, "Major", this dog is a gentleman and a warrior.

Jug calls the line "American Boar Terriers (ABTs)."  At first, I tried to ridicule him for over-promoting what was at first glance just another darned pit bull.  There is so much of that dog-jockey crap going on these days.  I figured whoa-boy, another dog con-artist in the making!


Boy was I wrong!  The proof was found after a long day of hunting, a death march with bay dogs coming in and out of the brush in Major's face all day long, some of my yearling male jagdterriers actually jumping all over him wanting to play and then the pack finally catching a nice hog after a long chase.  His ABT Major is better than 90% of the catch dogs I have hunted with over the last three decades and these ABTs are everything he says they are.  That male ABT Major was bumping into my jagdterriers and curs (males and females) all day long and there were no issues.  On the hog, he found himself a spot without taking out one of the little dogs and its was a done deal.  I am very impressed by the handle he has on that dog, its tolerance for other dogs and its sheer power at the catch.

Here is a photo of that big male American Boar Terrier, "Major" sitting next to my cranky growly little jagdterrier on my dog box.  He reminds me of those good dual registered AKC/UKC Am Staffs of the 70's only he has more head and neck (e.g., bite)power.








American Boar Terrier , Landry's Apollo




Preparing





Apollo is only one of the many CDP's = "Catch Dog Pups"  we have produced here at Hog Biz !!

 


After his first Hog