Message #46888

[Noah]

When I'm referring to cow dogs, I'm talking about any dog... long hair, short hair, even purple, that will find(hunt) wild cattle, bay them(bunch them), and hold them till you can get in to them to drive the herd out.  I agree that both a cow dog and a hog dog can, and should, have identical qualities... however, a cow dog can get away with much less speed than what is required of a hog dog.  Like I said, there's a lot of jam up cow dogs out there that just aren't fast enough to make a hog dog.   When you find the ones that are, then you've got something.  Just pointing the speed issue out so people don't waste time on the wrong type of dog.