We don't hunt ours exclusively on hogs. We road, walk hunt, or hunt horseback. Never had luck teaching one to rig, they like to be moving constantly. Not as cold nosed as a hound, but has intense drive to make up for it. The Jagdterrier in general has been bred for generations to engage, so naturally they should not be like a loose cur type, they are right in face caught out, or trying to fight anything no matter the size. They are more of a nose to ground type, but will wind hunt on something real hot. Not open when working a track but will squeel and make the god awfulest noises imaginable on a real hot chase. Have not had any luck getting any of ours to bark on tree, they will tree game, but nothing to alert you they are treed.
If hunting only Jagds on a hog hunt, 3 or 4 will do for us. Too many and you may have a big mess of hurt dogs in a very short time. The more there are, the dumber they get. When hunting with curs, 2 usually at the most. I have heard of guys in the mountains using big packs on bear with great success though.
We use ours for anything and everything. Hogs, bloodtracking, varmints, even have one that retrieves like crazy. They are just really cool little dudes to have around and extremely versatile. May not be the best at one thing, but dang sure handy to have around when you need them. Especially if you have a feral cat problem!!
