The way we use an RCD now is as a short ranged dog that runs loose but stays near us, yeah they can and will find a pig sometimes but for the most part they are just out to catch or shut down runners.
The best one I had personally I got rid of because I didn't realize that was really his job and he was damn good at it, I was trying to make a strike dog out of him and he just didn't have the range or nose for that kind of work, lol
Always an interesting topic and usually gets a lot of responses, good or bad, seems it it split down the middle on the use of them. To me a RCD is what it is, a running catch dog. If you just use bulldogs or dogs similar (one out types) that to me is a strike dog, unless your spot-lighting and dropping them off a truck or 4 wheeler when spotting a group.
I maybe wrong though, I'm just a wannabe....
