hogdog history question

I used and work with guys that NEVER had a catch dog!!All the dogs caught on comand!!If they had a bad hog bayed these guys would ride in on there horse and stand in the saddle and jump on the hog this would make the cur dogs help!! I was introduced to a catch dog in 1996 a pit named lacy she had 3 legs but could run!! I started useing one because of the clear cut thickets that were so thick you could not see and the curs could not work the way they needed I have had a catch dog ever since!!If I get in the right place I still like to do it with just the curs and still try to teach them to catch on command!!! I still like my dogs to back up and not be rough!!!