I started on this late last night and all got deleted uggggg. So here goes, Maybe some the others can chime in if I leave something Out, or get a date/name wrong, as I have moved and old pics and info is all packed away, this is many moons ago
Captain at one year old one of My favorite pics of him, and one his first hogs caught
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154192039448626&l=30005ee1a8Captain Morgan, was purchased from a newspaper ad along with litter mate Jake, in Clevland Tx area around Dec. 1998. by Thomas Rohan and his Brother as Catch Dog prospects. The lady thet met them offered paperwork on dogs the boys declined as Catchdogs don't need papers to catch hogs, so now You guys that say that all the time know why it gets under my skin. one of the Most solid nerved dogs, intelligent dogs I ever met, not just a catch dog, just a dog in general, genetic history was lost there on that day. Because Nobody would know what a contribution, or how this one dog could affect the future. I worked very hard to trace roots, found old newspaper and tried to find number talked to all Bulldog people from that area years later after I had worked with this dog as a grown animal in many areas besides hog hunting. I know most only want to know about why he was a great Hog Dog. I and many other can tell You this dog could handle any hog one on one, speed, power, brains most of all , and endurance. I like a dog with Brains and still the Heart to go at it anyway, othewords COURAGE. I say Brains because I have yet to see few dogs that can be hold a nasty boar , while still aware of where his people are and swinging the hog around to keep the head aaway from You and spin the rear of hog to You to leg, this was not a few times but almost nearly every time not in a engrossed thicket. When not close this dog shouldered up to the hog to avoid taking hits and pulled hogs head down and backwards and showed dominance and control of some damn huge hogs, this is in the woods not in a pen. This will spoil any hunter, to have a dog this trustworthy. He did not rip tear or shake a hog, simply controlled one. Back in the day there used to be Competitions for catch dogs similar to how bay comps went on too. Captain would simply sit in heel position while calcutted as calm as could be, at time to release Thomas could lightly tap Captain on the head and tell him to get Out and off he came and No re-bites unless the hog went to get up, I would come up to find Thomas sitting on a hog tieing and Captain sitting next to him watching over his Daddy just in case, He was ready.
My experiences with Captain, as a Dog besides catching are what really impressed me even more. A kennel full of females and going to have strays, I cold send this dog to catch strays, and no fight just hold and release, he would track, tree squirrel, and blood trail, retrieve birds, mother and clean newborn puppies (lick make bottle puppies pee and poo), and had him biting protection sleeve and close to level I Schutzund, all for fun, no club training although he would bite where needed, and steady nerved enough to allow anyone in that One of said was ok. I even raised a baby fawn that nuzzled and chased him around, this dog had No enemies, no aggression, was not hyper , coul;d take him anywhere anytime without batting an eye, I really couldn't find a hole in this dog. What was wrong with this dog? I could not reproduce him, that's what, bred him over many females of all types reg. ABs, pit types, cur types, and then Lucy Lou the Dogo and even a pit/Rott cross, He had a bunch of offspring in this world. Some took similar physical type but not many until went with the Dogo cross. Most AB went very thick and heavy, and squattier legged, keeping that long back straight leg and high hip, was not multiplied. His intelligence hate to admit, there are some smart dogs but none IMO equal him. I gave that up many many years ago. He was once in a lifetime dog.
I will have to come back to other such Questions and answer stuff. real quick. NO HEARING ISSUES IN ANY OF THE DOG AS TO DATE THAT I HAD HANDS ON. I want to know to because I took this very serious. Skin issues with the Dogo crosses there were a couple of each litter that did have the hot spots, but not to the extremes, no allergies. My Smoochy was a bitch pup I KEPT and used as my dog. loved this bitch, damn good catch dog, loved her, and she was with me in public functions a lot because she loved children and people, and was calm and quiet natured all the time, so she was the Representative, she had the worst of the hot spots that popped up when I layed her off hunting, the more I used her the less issues, . As much as I adored this female and as many hogs as as She and I caught together in the woods, I never used her in the breeding program, with the skin issues, I will come back later and try to address more.
