Message #304996

[Doggie]

I don't believe you are adding anything to a catch dog by breeding a bay dog into it.  If you want handle ability to hold and brains the answer is simple.  Find a pair of catch dogs that have these qualities.  There are some great performance bred ABs, pits, and dogos that possess these traits.  When we breed dogs for catching we look at brains stamina and recovery time much more so than pure brawn. I like a dog that can turn it on when it's go time and shut it down just as fast once the job is done.  I like leading my dog to a bay not the dog leading me.  I also like when my catch dog can be turned loose into a group of hogs and keys on the larger hogs and not pig crushing.  We have been fortunate enough to have these qualities in our catch dogs and will continue to try and breed for more like them when needed.  As far as looks go, I like long legs deep chested dogs with a longer muzzle (sure big headed mongrels look cool but longer muzzles tend to breathe better) that are athletic and can flat out run.  I do not like an extremely broad chested dog or one with a short neck.  I also prefer my catch dogs white seems the hogs go toward the catch dog which means caught pig also easier to determine which is the business end at night.