What do you do if if its "attempt" fails??
Sir, I should not have to explain "attempt to anchor and hold" to you. My dogs are cowdogs first, and are bred to have the heart to go to the front of 6+ weight cattle, hang the nose or ear to stop and then "anchor" on command. As you know, there ain't a dog alive going to "anchor" every one they are sent on. Run over, stomped, horned, or run off with, still hanging, slung into trees are all hazards of a "catchdog". "Attempt" to hold and anchor is the term I use to cover these hazards. As for hogs, there ain't one alive that better back them up. He may cut them down, break them up inside, or flat out kill them, but if they are still able, on my command, they will be coming. If their attempt fails, they will keep trying to get to that head to stop a running hog. Once the hog is stopped they will come off and set up within a foot of his nose, keeping his undivided attention until I get there. That would be the stock sense bred into them
If they fall 6 hundred + yards behind a running hog, I want them back. Handle is a must with me.
