Some of my past catch dogs.

Thanks Guys, something I have often thought about, all these dogs were typical catchdogs as far as charging in full bore to catch the hog. If they made contact, it was normally a caught hog. No dog catches them all but the good ones do have a high percentage. I think sometimes, especiially if you only have one or two loose baying dogs that sometimes a hard charging dog makes a hog break before he gets there(he hears the dog coming) A friend of mine had a bulldog about 10 years or so ago & when he would turn him loose, the dog would kind of just trot on in there & when he got about 10" from the hog, then slammed him. I never saw this dog miss if he made contact. I guess he went in in stealth mode. lol Anybody else see bulldogs take their time going into a bay.