EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Lets honor our best catch dogs guys. The one's that are gone but not forgotten and the one's that are still getting it done. I'd like to hear from you guy's that are breeding catch dogs and have multiple generations, as well as anyone who got a show stopper from the pound or from Joe down the street. Your best CD's, ANY BREED, that has put rank hogs on the ground. They have a rough job, if you consider them your best, honor them here, Im sure they have earned it. Thanks, Britt

This is Bo Jack, the foundation male of my breeding program. He caught just about every hog we tied through the mid and late 90's until I started hunting his sons in Jan. of 2000. I would kill to have video of some of the stuff he did. It didn't matter how bad he was hurt or what condition he was in, he was still on the ear when you legged the hog. I am four generations down from him with my most recent breedings and the pups are still meeting my standards for a CD. Bo Jack was a 3/4 Hines bred AB. He will always be one of my favorites.
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This is a good boar Bo Jack caught for us in Oct. of 98 and one our most memorable hunts. He had no help catching this one since the boar had really cut up our bay dogs before he arrived on the scene. It got real western in that root hole.
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Thats a good lookin dog!  I really like the way he is built

Thanks Tom, he was a big dog, 85 to 88 pounds in hunting condition, had wind for days and moved really well for his size. This is one of the last rank hogs he caught at about 9 yrs old. Big 270 pound Bar with no ears and some good cutters, as if that wasn't bad enough, we legged him in chest deep back water when the Neches River was flooded. This pic is from an ad I ran in the Sportsman magazine when I was running hunts. Paid a lot of money for them to spell my name wrong. They thought my name was Bill Garcia LOL. Turned out real nice, other than that minor detail. ;)
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Thats what i am trying to get, size with agility and wind, and the gameness. Not sure if im on the right path.  Are you still getting dogs with that size?

Bo Jack held this boar until his 2 sons Hollywood and Jagger got there to give him a hand. It was their 1st woods hunt at 8 mths. Thankfully, that was all the schooling they needed, because ole dad spent a few days at the vet and another month on the side line after this one. We never missed a lick and luckily we didn't loose any teeth. Im smarter now, I wait till they are at least a year before I let them catch bad hogs.
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Yes sir, I do still get some that size, The main stud I am using now isn't that big, probably because he is bred pretty tight on Bo Jack, but his pups seem to be around that size and are catching like hammers.

This is me and Hollywood, the first Bojack son I raised. I hunted him hard from 2000 to 2007 and he put some good hogs in the truck for me. This was a good boar he caught on a hunt with Chris Burris (CB Hog Hobbles), his son Wade, and my bud Cullen Prince.
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This is Reign.  Used him close to nine years.   A dog never got killed on his watch.  Fast and go all day.   
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Here's my old cat/AB Clifford. Lost him to brucellosis last year... caught a lot of hogs behind this dog.

December 2002 to May 2010
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Photo the ETHD logo is derived from:
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This is my LC gyp best all round pit i have ever owned. WP III ABDA CH and hog catching fool lost her last summer 2 bees. caught a big rank boar next to bee hives the bees got under her vest. vet said he pulled over 300 stingers out of her back
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and this is lil bit she is Whooper bred gyp 65 lbs in hunting weight and hardest mouth i have ever seen
she is still with us retired at 6 yrs old cause she dont have any k9s left she is the keey to me building the better catch dog (http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/DWKsABs/n1655023161_142375_2693497.jpg)
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Good lookin white bulldogs ;)

"Captain Morgan"

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this was from the Bayed Solid Magazine 2001 issue, their story made the cover, called Whoopin and Hollering, In memory of Danny Hill the boar had over 6 inch cutters if anybody remembers those pics,

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You could bet your A$$ when you walked up on a hog it was caught and under control, did not need anything besides him to get the job done.
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two good ones he caught one and soon as it went limp he went after the other one and caught them in this water hole, Get him off a og and he knew it belonged to you, dead or alive, he could behave himself, and catch all day long, He was always ready, for whatever you asked of him, he was our loyal companion, #1 catchdog, fishing buddy, watchdog, livestock gurdian, retriever, and puppy trainer, nurse maid for pups and My friend

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He has not been duplicated although he is what we set our standard to, and strive to match, no other fills his paw prints, I love his offspring, and they are great dogs, but I have to admit dogs like him aren't easily reproduced.
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here is his legacy, to rememberand to honor him, RIP Big Daddy
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Doc and Lyle
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Kevin, how old is Lyle now... gotta be at least 10 or so?

Yep, he's an 01' model.  I was dropping him off back at the retirement home while you posted that.  He got to go for a ride back to his breeders for a little service work that he seems to have enjoyed.  Hopefully the gyp takes cause that's all that's left of those dogs.

I figured he was... he was just a pup when we first met.

Good luck on the breeding.

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?

The little red dog (Rose) was the best cd i have ever owned by far...She caught alot of hogs and caught smart, she would be on the base of the left ear and standing side by side the hog every time..You could talk to her like a human and she seem to understand every thing you said..I hunted her til she was 6 and got out of hunting for a while and give to a good friend of mine, he hunted her 2 more years (and caught alot of hogs)..He retired at 8 and she got run over at 9....Sure wish i had another one like her......                                                                                                                (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc496/ironheadknls21/dogs2.jpg)

I sure didn't Britt.

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!

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.
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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.

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...

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
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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.
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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. 

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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?

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

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                                                     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.

whats "good handle" ?
cheers

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 :)
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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

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.
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                                          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

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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.

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Duke on the left Brown and White. Booze on the right blue with white head. Booze is no longer here he got killed by a nasty hog a couple weeks ago he taught me alot about hog huntin. He was a good dog. He went everywhere I went and I treated him like a buddy rather than a dog i talked to him like he was human and he knew what I was talking about most the time. I loved this dog. I almost forgot my main strike dog Blade sniffing butt! Lol!!!

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this is my catchdog tank he is 1/2 pitbull 1/2 bulldog he is about 90 pounds of muscle he has caught many goodsize hogs by himself he caught a 200 pound boar in a sawgrass marsh and held it for an hour till i could get to him the whole time getting cut down but never let go he hunts with the baydogs and has found and caught his own pigs he can run all day and still have energy hes been the best running or lead in catchdog ive had so far 

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He turns 10 in June.  Caught lots of hogs from a year to 5 years of age and then have only been able to hunt sporadically since but he caught some tough boars and gets along well with others, always right to the bay and we used to send from 300-400 yards out or farther so the 4wheelers didn't cause the hog to break, even found a few on his own while bay dogs were gone.  Nice looking dogs everyone.  Britt we still need to make some time to watch videos.  I got my sister camera which is same as my old one and tapes don't work.  MAybe some camera place can figure it out

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This is Goose, My best, as far as heart, speed, style. She was 1/2 BMC 1/2 pit. She was a pleasure to hunt, was a good RCD too, When she caught, she caught. R.I.P. Goose

nice topic britt, if i can figure out how to post pictures here i have a few i will contribute here. i can put em in emails but thats about it lol. for many years i never owned a catchdog and typically didnt hunt with one and caught some and shot some along the way. i have since come to enjoy and appreciate  the true catchdog and  have had the luck to own and hunt with some good ones. dont know for sure that i would have started using catchdogs if i hadnt gotten my first american bulldog basically as a watchdog/pet and then decided to try em on hogs after getting a few more ambulls.

As far as my time hunting, I have searched for that dog that fits in this category for a while. I went through so many that just didn't have it but I think I have finally found a couple that qualify. My current CD hasn't been on hundreds of hogs yet but every one he has been on from the very beginning, he has done a great job. Hard hitting, intense and all heart. His name is Champ, he is still a young one and I hope to have him for a long time to come. I have to say that he won a place in my heart right from the start. That's why I named him Champ. :) Thanks Kenny ;)

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The only other dog that I could put in this category is one that a buddy of mine has now named Lucky. Here are a few pictures of him.
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Here he is hugged up against this good one.
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BTT