YOUR BEST OF THE BEST ( CATCH DOGS )

[Mike]

I sure didn't Britt.

[ironheadknls21]

Lost part of my post some how....Rose was her name and she was 1/2 pit and 1/2 boxer....very smart....

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Lost part of my post some how....Rose was her name and she was 1/2 pit and 1/2 boxer....very smart....

LOL I finally figured out who your are thru those two old dogs. Got a son out of them I ran for catchdog for nine years until he finally lost his teeth (Jam up). How you been Lamar.. been awhile.. thought you were still runnin beagles up country!

[slick]

this was goose, he was a dane/pitXbullystag.  not many in oz use a specialist cd and i was no exception he could find and hold em. if i was taking to long to get there he would step off and bark for me but hit up as soon as i arrived on the scene. he held alot of big boars one out. one of his tricks was to run next to a boar and hit them with his shoulder and when they turned to face him thats when he would grab an ear.





unfortunately when a mate brought a bitch over to breed with goose when he picked her up and drove off without my knowing goose jumped the fence and ran after her and got hit by a car. also he didnt have a canine tooth in his head for years but it didnt slow him down.

[ironheadknls21]

Been good Myles, i've been trying to gather up a few ole dogs to run some pigs with...Your old cd was a son of the red gyp and the black and tan cat in the picture...Holler some time and we'll make a round...

[SCHitemHard]

First catchdog i got when i was 15. First day of Highschool i was really nervous and i walked out to the truck and he was tied to the bumper and a note said every "A" gets a hunt. great dog, never knew his breed but if you heard pig squeal thats where he was, he got on a big barr one night and it stuck him under the chin and the tusk hit the brain and killed him miss this dog alot


This was my last catchdog to ever own, sold him down to a guy in florida for breeding. ive been promised 2 pups every year for free if i want them.

[catchrcall]

I'm not going to say he was Clifford or Captain class, but he was a darn good dog. 
"Chico"
Lost him at four years old to an ulcer.
He was a real good catch dog, companion, and he LOVED kids.  He had a very calm disposition.  He caught hard but was easy to break off.  Just lift on his collar and say "caught hog" and he'd let go.  I used to break him off a hog with one hand while I was kneeling on it and then just let him go, never had to worry about keeping him off it once he was loose.  He was good enough on a lead that I'd let my son lead him to the bay sometimes.  I kept waiting to get pups off him thinking something would show up that I didn't like and then he got sick on us and died.  I sure wish I'd done that differently. 

[uglydog]

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the thread so far. This line up has put a dent in the hog population for sure.

INAB's, Reign was a looker, how was he bred?

Ugly Dog, am I mistaken or did ya'll have Captain at the Chase Havard Benefit at Calloways several years ago. I remember meeting Thomas there and I do still have that issue of him and Captain on the cover. You dont see hogs like that one very often.

Kevin, that pair looks like they could run a hog down if they had to. Good lookin dogs.

Chris, I like the way those 2 female are built. Ole LC looked like she was ready for action.

Mike, did you ever get any pups out of Clifford?

Britt, its been a good long time since we went to Calloways, but it was a good chance we had Captain with us, he was a good co-pilot on them road trips and went alot of places with us, had not used him in "any events" since 03/04, did you go to any them bulldog trials in Huntsville/Conroe with that BoJack back in those days?

[txhogsanddogs]

This was my best back about 6 years ago.  Hard hitting JB

[geronimo]

This was my best back about 6 years ago.  Hard hitting JB

                                                     good looking dog, personally i like mine built small and tight with the big powerful jaws like yours. ive had one like that before she was straight up catch good handle.

[slick]

whats "good handle" ?
cheers

[Hog_Hunter_57]

This is Skinner. He's a 9 year old, 75-pound purebred Catahoula.
I've always heard there's a once in a lifetime dog, and he's mine. I will never have a dog as good as he is. I got him as a present for my wife the day her Mom passed away in 2002. A couple weeks later he got Parvo and my wife nursed him through it. Tried hard to make him a bay dog, but all he wanted to do was catch. For the past 7 years he's been my lead catch dog. I know there will be a day he's no longer hunting with me, but hopefully that's a long time from now because it's going to be hard to fill his collar out

[Indian Valley Ranch]

 
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Britt, its been a good long time since we went to Calloways, but it was a good chance we had Captain with us, he was a good co-pilot on them road trips and went alot of places with us, had not used him in "any events" since 03/04, did you go to any them bulldog trials in Huntsville/Conroe with that BoJack back in those days?
[/quote]Crystal, I never took Bo Jack to any comps, I didn't know they were having any when he was in his prime. Then I was able to watch video of the comps from the early 90's and I wish I could have made some of them. I think he would have done well, all I will say is CD's have come a long way since those days. I did compete at 1 comp in Huntsville with my Hollywood dog back in 02 and took second behind a dog that caught on the back leg. Not a catch dog worthy of 1st place, JMO, wish I would have been able to go to more of them. About the same time, I was able to start hunting all the land that bordered our ranch which was loaded with hogs, I took advantage of being able to unsnap the dogs and hit the woods and catch hogs. By the time I had hunted it out, they had quit having those type of comps.

Once again, thanks to all who are contributing to the thread. All good looking catch dogs

[Indian Valley Ranch]

This is a video of Crash, I had given him to my friend Bo Lewis from Jasper TX as a pup. Bo will tell you he was the best he had ever hunted with and will never be replaced. He was a son of my Hollywood dog, and when he hit the ear, it was over, no shaking him off. He also sired about 6 litters and produced nothing but CD's. He was so much like his grandpa Bo Jack in many ways.
 

[jesse]

best cds we have king mortishu rusty

[geronimo]

whats "good handle" ?
cheers

                                          slick, what i meant by good handle was she did not pull on the leed, did not bark when she heard bays, stayed by my side until sent she was not psyco like some pits you see this one actually had a brain

[coyote hunter]

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[Bryant]

This is Zeus out of Uglydog's Captain.  He's 1/2 AB X 1/2 Dogo.  If memory serves me right I believe he's coming 7 years old.  Caught more hogs than a catchdog should allowed.  Straight 100% ear dog...breathes well...moves well...catches EXTREMELY hard and will stay caught all day (even on a dead hog) until he is removed.  You can box him with anything and gets along with everyone.  He set the bar awful high for me and I've been trying to raise a comparable dog without much luck for the last several years.  He got a leg injury about a year ago that has slowed him down, but he's still in the game.  Just has to have a little more time off between hunts these days.