I Agree...but we do have some good hog dogs that grab a mouthful of nuts or ham and sit back like a good roping horse and then move around to the front end.
I would agree, but those dogs have got to have the speed as well. I have wondered if some of the problem with stopping running hogs comes from a lack of raw speed. How many hog dog breeders are selecting for speed as a necessity in breeding. I don't know the answer to that question, may be some others could answer that.
I am lucky that I work a lot of open country where I can see a set of dogs break with a cow or a hog and really see how much difference there is is raw speed in a set of good dogs. The fastest are the ones I like to breed all other things being equal. To me speed is the difference between a good dog and a great dog.
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