Best dog ive ever owned and had the pleasure of hunting for a couple years was a dog named Briar. I got him from Jimmy(TexasHogDogs) who raised him until he was about 15 months old when I got him. Still to this day I Haven't seen but one who hunted as good as he did and that was Jodys Country dog who is Briars brother. They are Plot Walker Catahoula bred and silent as can be. Didn't matter how you hunted him he would produce pork, and as independent as they came. He didn't need any other dogs to help him. You could shoot over him or in his earlier stage he would catch with catch dog. Then he started getting to where he wouldn't be there when you got there because as soon as they caught he was gone on another. I loved just putting him down on a crossing and watching him take it out a mile and jump the hog it was great. By far hands down a dog I loved to hunt!! He got killed just in the beginning of his prime right before he turned 3. I could only imagine with another year or two down the road how that dog would have been.