The Streak is Over!

Shawn, I lead my dogs in, there are occasions when they get released to run, or to shut down a bad fighter, to take the heat off of my bay dogs. and then there are times when a bay does break, and they are on the ground for longer than I like. I have had occasions where the bay break before she got there and she stayed with her own hog until she catches it. If they are in open feild and I know she has time to get to them before they hit the brush (line of sight) then she can certainly run one down. However for safety purposes, I do not like one to be caught any longer than neccesary. I have seen hogs/dogs rip the ear off and on the run again and if they get away, they have one less ear to catch the next time, plus they are wiser to the dogs, So I feel most comfortable getting as close as possible, So we are close to get business taken care of, hopefully with little to no injuries to any of the dogs.