Hog dog-ology

I personally wouldn't breed any dog that I did not see as top notch. In my opinion all dogs should be able to find their own hog. In most cases when the situation pushes u to not be able to run ur best dog another will step up. I have seen what was bought as help dog turn into a strike dog. To me some dogs are just better and tend to start more often than others. I can say each one of my 4 dogs will start a hog. I know this because I tend to watch my garmin a lot when trying to get on a hog in order to see who starts it and in what order they line out.

I have seen instances where it took a while for the next dog to step up as primary and some slow hunts were the norm for a while.

I came from the deer dog world and u had ur main strike dog and a lead dog. It takes both if one didn't hold both spots. The others would strike also but it wasn't a race till that lead dog opens up.