I like mine big and slow. Not un-athletic just slower going to a bay. Doesn't bother me one bit if they trot to a bay. I like it better because I run real loose dogs and usually only one or two on the ground that will run a 10ft circle around one and bark. I'm a firm believer that if your catch dogs go in slow and pick their rout rather than crashing through the brush and slam one then your less likely to bust a bay wen the catch dogs get sent. I like it wen they slip in there, pick a rout, and nab an ear. Wen my bulldogs catch they are on their own till I get there cus my cur dogs don't help catch and I don't want them to. Don't want them to be lazy, just accurate
I like the way you hunt. ..dogs that sit back and bay till you get there with catch dog...there has been several times where there are two and THREE bays at once...one catch dog that is solid can get it done. Last few times ive hunted like that NO dogs got hurt, we got more hogs than hours we hunted....good times!!
