I think there is some misunderstanding of what a cowdog does. There is no real differance in how I use a dog to hunt cattle and how I use the same dog to hunt hogs. My dogs do not ever drive cattle, there job is to hunt , track or wind cattle. They need to stop them and put them in a bunch and hold them at bay untill I get to them. A good cow dog needs to be smarter than the average hog dog and have way more handle.
Paul T
Well said Pual. Cow dogs got to have brains. Most hog dogs would catch a little baby pig given the chance, but if a cow dog did that to a baby calf thats a big no no. lol. The cow dog has to be smart enough to know when he's supposed to be working and when hes not. That goes back to the handle as well.
Noah, except for the old crippled ones, the cow dogs (Curs) used around here I are about as fast as they come, you will be hard pressed to find anything much faster in a working dog.
