How do you know you have a good catch dog?

I’m gonna tell one of many stories about my Vegas dog. I had witnesses (plural). We got into some hogs and after catching a couple the dogs stopped a sow about 170 pounds. She was standing against a big post oak tree that had blown over and was dead and leafless. The trunk was about 2’ or better in diameter and there was about 12-14” of space between the bottle of the trunk and the ground. We stood there a bit and watched them bay and once she realized we were there she started watching us. I finally told the guys that I was gonna send Vegas. When he got about 20’ from her, she turned her butt to him and stuck her head under the trunk. He never broke stride and jumped straight over her and onto the tree trunk. As soon as he landed he turned around and faced us, but stayed up there. In just a second, she pulled her head out and turned back towards us like she was when we were just watching. He then dove off the tree trunk and eared her on the way down. It will probably always be one of the smartest, neatest things I’ve ever seen a dog do. 99% of dogs would’ve either grabbed somewhere else or tried to dig her head out, or even went to the other side. That is brains and thinking on his feet. He wasn’t so wound up that he couldn’t think or adapt.

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