Which CD gets cut more??

[make-em-squeel]

Do yall think the big or small cd's get cut more?

I know that catcing style probably has more to do with it but wha do yall think (hold the ear vs thrashing)?

[coach]

I have always liked it when they come in from the side and grab the ear but the one's that get cut the least learn to hug the hog and not stretch out pulling the ear foward, which leaves the neck exposed.

[leonriverboy]

I like the cd to hit the hog as hard as they can and lock down immediately preferably on the ear.  I've seen more dogs get cut by fighting or dancing with the hog and not catching right when they get to the hog.  Also the hunter should be right behind the dog to leg the hog.  I like rcds but if their is a long delay between the catch and the hunters arrival theirs more of a chance of the dogs getting cut.

[ETHHunters]

Hard to say I cant think of the last time we got a catchdog cut. They must be doing right!

[make-em-squeel]

Hard to say I cant think of the last time we got a catchdog cut. They must be doing right!

So what size are your catch dogs, if there doing it right i want to know there size? I perfer a little bit bigger cd (70-100lbs) b/c my curs are not real gritty and I like an anchor, if they were gritty a pocket pit would work for me. But I hear that big cd's get cut more, or less, and vise versa....whats yall's opinion.....Big or small? Anchor or Earing?

[ETHHunters]

Hard to say I cant think of the last time we got a catchdog cut. They must be doing right!

So what size are your catch dogs, if there doing it right i want to know there size? I perfer a little bit bigger cd (70-100lbs) b/c my curs are not real gritty and I like an anchor, if they were gritty a pocket pit would work for me. But I hear that big cd's get cut more, or less, and vise versa....whats yall's opinion.....Big or small? Anchor or Earing?

Their all between 65-75 pounds. Pits and pit/curs

[Mike]

I don't think size matters on which gets cut more often... in my experience they all do, big, medium and small. It mostly depends on how rank the boar is and how thick it is where the hog gets caught. A good, rank boar hog will have it's way with a dog, no matter how big the dog is.

[Kyle0329]

Iam with mike i dont think size realy matters...the ones i have seen get cut the worst was the ones that went in to fast and missed on the first try....the best catch dog i have ever had wasa 40lb pit gyp you can tote her under your arm like a case of beer

[raider54]

Grant you know Skitzer was a small dog and the best catch dog I have ever hunted with he wasnt cut for two years and then 3 hogs in a row cut him bad, that last one gutted him and that was the end of him. You have also hunted with Max, he is a big dog! between 130-140. He Catches across the bridge of the nose 90% of the time, He has caught over 200 hogs at 14mths old and to dat has only got one small cut on the neck. I would have thought that as big as he is and with him catching on the nose he would have been cut alot by now, I think for all of them its just a matter of time. RIP Skitzer

[leonriverboy]

It's like Jim Carleton from Colemesneil (sp?) said, "generally the life of a cd is a short but glorious life" RIP all you great CDs and thanks for getting the job done!

[coach]

Only had one catch dog that lived his life to retirement. Even then we still might take him out everyone in a blue moon. Called him JackAss. he is a 80lb cur dog. Almost culled him when we first got him, stuck him in a pen and he did nothing. finally got tired of getting whipped by that hog caught the hog from then on it was all she wrote. That dog the first 10 hogs he was on averaged 2 staple guns per hog I never thought he would make it that first year. Well that was 9 yrs ago maybe 10.

[S_J_KENNELS]

I had a pair of brothers that were curxpit cross that everybody I hunted with called the swiss cheeses. I ran them both untill I lost them. One to a hog/vet, and the other to a kennel mishap. Both were 7 or 8 yrs old, and I had to carry atleast two or three extra staple guns with me everytime out for them. Both of them were hard catching dogs that would not let go. Even under water LOL. I just recently lost my old DOGO I have no idea how old he was but I figgure he was around 14 or 15 yrs old and he died of old age/natural causes. He never was cut or needed any type of medical attention. He was on many big rank boars and while the others dogs may have cuts are nicks on them he would grab an ear and lay down beside the hog and never let go. I always found him in this position and my other male dogo close to it. Knock on wood he has not been cut yet either.

I do not think size matters so much as much as how the dogs handle themselfs and the hog.

[hoghunterdfw]

"I figure he was around 14 or 15 yrs old and he died of old age/natural causes. He never was cut or needed any type of medical attention. He was on many big rank boars and while the others dogs may have cuts are nicks on them he would grab an ear and lay down beside the hog and never let go."

My dogo catches the same way and so far I am getting the same results.  I hope he ends up growing old with me like yours did.  In fact reading your quote just reinforces what I already thought about my dog and that makes me very happy and optimistic of his longevity. 

[Eric]

I don't think the size of the dog plays into if it gets cut more often. The number one thing IMO is how the dog catches. The conditions you hunt in and style you hunt can also play a factor.