to each his own, i havent paid for a catchdog yet and have had two good ones both were given to me becuz to their ex owners said they were worthless but ive caught alot of hogs behind both of em i dont know their bloodlines or backgrounds or nothin an i can box em with any dog anytime an wont get a growl out of them but put a hog in front of them and its game on my first was a black one named sox rip boy an my second is a BLUE ONE NAMED BLUE both get the job done an r perfect for me no ppl aggression no dog aggression strictly hogs only now i do take time to break them from livestock but thats never been hard so far to me catchdogs r a dime a dozen some r better than others but that goes for strike dogs too some wrk harder than others as for gator pits i have a papered gator in my hs thats wut the paperwork said so i have to agree an believe it if u dont u dont oh well ill put any pit i got on a hog as for catchdog if it answers a bay an holds that hog til i get there then i have a good catchdog if not ill go find another one that will to each his own but im happy with my catchdog
i wouldnt say you had bullies, and I thought that blue dog was named Red? hes a good one