Catch dog into cow dog?

Hog catch dog and a dog you go and gather cattle with are two different mentalities that will probably not work with just general gathering of cattle. Cow dog you want to have a desire to push the cattle together and keep them together. If one is looking out, the dog need to see it and deter it from running off. If the cow does step out, the dog or dogs need to put enough pressure on it to run back to the heard where it wasn't being hazed. If this entails grabbing a hold of the head then by all means but the dogs needs to be fast enough to get to the head. Also it don't always need to grab a hold of the head every time a cow steps out, just work the crap out of it, if the cow continues to push forward and not turn back to the group then the dogs should grab the head and go to town untill the cow gives up and goes back at which time the dogs need to leave the cow alone. They need to watch and circle the entire group and be able to read the cattle. A hog catch dog usually will not operate like this or have this sort of intelligence bred into it.
On the other hand you can have a good cow dog of this sort and sometimes catch pigs with them because of their natural desire to put the pigs back into a group and if they don't bunch up but run off, the dog will grab the head. People that look after ranches with fairly calm cattle probably not gonna have dogs as rough as a cowboy who catches wild cattle for a living.
Also you don't want a dog catching calves and mauling the hell out of them. Hold their momma in the heard and a calf will want back in usually.
I'm not saying your dog won't make a cow dog because ya never know but I am implying the odds of a dog bred for the function of catching pigs is probably not gonna suit an experienced cowboy and work the way his dogs do. That's my personal thoughts.