Hogdog culls or Cowdog gold

A cow dog has got to be pretty good at alot of different things this style is what sets it apart from a straight hog dog in most cases.

A cow dog needs to:
Hunt deep
Run a track and wind cattle
Have the drive to bunch cattle
Work the herd with a lot of circle
Never bite a cow that is in contact with the herd
Bite every cow that leaves the herd and stay hooked no matter what untill that cow returns to the herd or is caught
Needs to understand a settled bay and loosen up, even ranging out to look for more cattle
Needs good handle and can be called out from any distance
Needs to be able to lead cattle and control a drive from the front
must be heat tolerant with a lot of drive and go
Must understand pressure and never brake a set of bayed cattle by biting in the herd

Most hog dogs do not have all these traits because they have not been selected for this type of style, I would never breed to a Hog dog that was not well proven in these areas and I would have to see them work a set of tough cows.