You always hear people say aw just a bulldog. That is in my opinion the most important job if you are wanting to catch pigs. Cuz it don't take the best dog to find and bay a hog but you dang sure better have a goo catch dog if ya want to catch the pigs you do find and bay
sometimes we miss big boars because of not having a solid catch dog...
it seems that back in the 1980's one could find a catch dog easy enough...now it is hard to find one that will...I believe the main reason is because we are getting farther away from when fighting dogs became illegal...
I somewhat disagree, I believe it's harder to find good ones because the folks that have those good ones don't just hand out their lineage just like good hog dogs. The hog hunting world has been flooded by ppl wanting to make a quick $ on the sport and breeding anything with 4 legs they can call a hunting dog.
