Bear Dogs?

COA, I think I am following u. What you are saying is your buddy's dog catches the hog as soon as he gets on him & holds him. We'll I have pure plotts like that too & it will work for a while until that dog meets the wrong hog.lol Of course if the dog has enough help I have seen several dogs manhandle even a big boar, or at least until the ears give out.
That will not work on a bear. If a dog clamps down on a bear & tries to hold him, he is going to be in for a world of hurt or worse. Now I have seen plotts stretch a bear & hold him & every year I know of dogs that have killed smaller bear. 150# & under. number 2 happens. My dogs have been in on it & no bearhunter likes to see it happen but for the most part if a decent size bear backs up to something it is a stalemate & all a dog has to do is stay bayed until the hunters arrive.
Hoghunting as well as bearhunting, there is such a fine line between to much grit & not enough. Like I said in my earlier post, I have seen some awful nice hogdogs that were a 1/4 pit.