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
I am gonna have to say AMEN to this!!!!!! I have caught and tied CATTLE in the same swamps I have caught and tied HOGS!!!! The difference is usually only about 600-900 lbs. I am not sure where most of you have seen cow dogs work...NALC competitions don't constitute a dog being a cow dog.....I have used my cowdogs in Florida and South Georgia swamps and North Georgia Mountains.....I know LOTS of hog dogs that wouldn't cut it baying and catching cattle.
