T-Bob...reading between the lines...correct me if I am wrong...but your goal is to breed a good and silent hunting dog that windmills and bays hogs and does not pressure the hog or hogs...but does all it can to turn the hog back to the other bunched up hogs if one tries to break...or... if it is a lone hog to stop it and then back up and bay...keeping it as non-threatening as possible for the hog...kind of like a good cow dog...that is what I believe is the best hog dog out there day in and day out....this dog has grit to fight a hog but at the same time it is genetics that gives him the desire and inclination to keep the hog stopped...and the desire to do this is greater than the desire to fight the hog...
Exactly.
Noah said either catch the hog or run the hogs lungs out, but with all due respect that couldn't be further from the truth. There are dogs out there who are capable of running a track faster than a hog can lay it, catch up to the hog on a sprint and give them no ground to gain a trot. Even they can be beat on occasion but day in day out they go to work smart and safe. Noah, you are gutsy and an adventurer, it would only be fitting that your dogs will reflect your personality. I see them on here and on Facebook and would love to hunt with you some day. As far as gritty smart dogs go, I believe yours are the real deal. I respect those dogs too and recognize their abilities and usefulness.
Mr Rueben, that is the dog I have in my goal, however if I could add one more trait to the list it would be the knowledge to watch me and adjust position and pressure per my movements, I can hiss the dogs in to catch now. I have one who I can smooch and talk to and she will let one bust out of something I don't want to get into and/or drive them closer to me. What I would love to see long run is to have a yard of dogs that would drive hogs like the old days curs + take commands like modern bomb squad dogs.
Pipe dreams maybe, but aim small miss small.
