Best cut vests

On the heat subject

A lot of folks get bulldogs hot in cut vest in the heat . I have but very seldom it dont happen often when we are in the tie mode. One thing I think a lot of people is missing when I say I run my ruff cur dogs in cut vest and have not had much of a problam with heat if any at all is , a bulldog packs a lot more heat in his body than most cur dogs do due to the muscle mass and the way they are built .
I raised bulldogs for years and unless he is in top condition he is gonna run hot even with out a vest in the heat , I wont say they all will but 85 - 90 percent will and the other 10-15 percent the reason they dont is either they are in very good conditon are they are built differnt with a longer type of body, legs and muscle style. Another thing that comes into play with catch dogs being bulldogs is how they are bred by that I mean inbred will heat up fast, linebred a little slower and they straight out crosses have the best chance of being naturally winded a lot goes into play when you talk about dogs getting over heated. A bulldog that dont get worked on a regular basics is one that will heat up fast it takes a lot of work to get one in just good condition let alone great condition. A lot of folks will put a bulldog on his four wheeler and never even take him off till it is time to catch and then during the week when they are not hunting that bulldog will just sit on the end of a chain are in a kennel with no work at all and more than likely he is still sore from the last catch he was on and here they go again on a hunt, and then people wonder why a catch dog heats up so fast . Just because a dog looks great on the outside is no indication none what so ever as to what kind of real shape that dog is in rather it be a Pit Bull, Dogo, American Bulldog are what ever kind of catch dog you use. I would almost be willing to say that the reason your dog heats up if he does is not because of the vest but because of the real time shape he is really in! One other thing if he ever quits because of heat you might as well give him away .

TexasHogDogs - Jim