Your catch dog

[NLAhunter]

I couldn't find a real good picture of him

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[t-dog]

Those are good looking dogs NLA. What size dogs are they weight wise? I agree with you wholeheartedly about being able to get along and handle a bulldog.


These two pictures are Deputy Dawgs old Loki dog. He was about 100 pounds and very athletic. As you can see, he handled really well. This hog is tied and he never once tried to get back on it.

This last picture was Rico. Not nearly as big as Loki but was a nice dog that was very dependable. He was also really easy to get along with and handled real good too.



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[NLAhunter]

That gyp is probably 55lbs male probably 65 lbs they both pretty athletic dogs yea you can't beat a bulldog that will handle like that

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[t-dog]

NLA did you do like Jr better than Buck, his daddy, or was it just a size preference? I really like them all. I’d like to have a pup out of big momma back to the American.


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[NLAhunter]

I really like jr size better buck would weigh 85 or 90 lbs both real smart dogs buck produced well I let boy bred him to his gyp that I didn't think much of at all they raised few out of that litter was good dogs 2 males I seen alot acted just like buck

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[NLAhunter]

My buddy lost that american bulldog he quit hunting that's only thing he kept he tracked deer with him he lost him by his house traking a deer for his daddy didn't put a collar on him figured he would just come back home and never did I am pretty sure somebody picked him up but we never found him

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[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

Meet ole trump.  U know we all have em come to us in our hog hunting career.  Or what we Atleast think is our top notch dog.  I know as for me and my son Ole Trump has done passed what we had expected of him.   I had got into this line of dogs over 20 yrs ago.  This litter we kept 2 brothers.  Ole trump and diesel.   There mom and daddy died when they were about 3 yrs old so they taught themselves a lot.  Ole trump had all the best parts of what a cd could be in my book.   He’s 71/2 now along with his brother.  I hope he’s got 4 more good yrs in him like the two legged trump lol.     
Gonna be hard to replace him with the same caliber.




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[t-dog]

NLA it sucks that he lost that dog like that. I’m sure you’re exactly right about what happened to him.

Highwater, those Dogos look like studs. Are you gonna breed them to try and keep going or are you done with raising pups?


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[Cajun]

Dang Highwater, You sure got some shady looking characters in one of those pics. Some good looking catchdogs.

[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

Dang Highwater, You sure got some shady looking characters in one of those pics. Some good looking catchdogs.

LOL....  them fellers done forgot more about hog doggin than I ever knew man....

T Dog...  Ole Trump got his man hood taken from him back 3 yrs ago due to brucellosis the vet said it was the only way to save him so I bit the bullet and it took away what I thought should have been my sons ticket to top notch Catch dogs in the yrs to come..  We have bred his brother twice but he hasnt produced no where near what I have seen in the last 20 yrs of that blood...  Dont know if the failure is coming from the dam side cause another feller has her..  With two litters failing I dont think Im gonna try that cross again so Im not sure we aint in the same boat when it comes to having to accept mediocre in the future it seems like...  But good things do pop out of nowhere so hopefully my son can hit the jackpot in another line of what I call THINKERS ..  These days you can find alot of so called CD's that are just staring into space like their aint nuthin up there ..  All they want to do is tackle the hog instead of catch it .. LOL..

[WayOutWest]

Man High water, you said a mouthful about the difference in a good catch dog and dud. Best build in the world won't get it done like a smarter dog can.

[maverick10]

The next project my goal out of these is just to get something with size and brain power mouth and just a layed back dog that has no human and dog aggression just something me and the boys can train together just watch the process as we grow with these pups boys are excited as so I’m I the future is bright for now…4 males 4 females and yes momma wants to raise one as a inside dog too

[maverick10]

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[maverick10]

T-dog,Highwater,Wayoutwest yall ever have a catchdog know when hogs were near or can actually wind them at times I pay attention to Rip and when I see he start getting even more hyper it’s usually a hog around we hunt fields with brush and when he does this typically the dogs start to bark it’s crazy just seeing him do that

[WayOutWest]

Maverick, yes we actually took my Gus and a male that T had and walked a trail through some woods until the 2 catchdogs acted piggy and we sent them and they went in and caught a little boarhog.

[t-dog]

Yes we have. I like seeing it. It’s neat but it also tells me the catch dog’s mind is in the right place.


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[maverick10]

T-dog facts

[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

Maverick, yes we actually took my Gus and a male that T had and walked a trail through some woods until the 2 catchdogs acted piggy and we sent them and they went in and caught a little boarhog.

The idea of the lung capacity is what got me interested yrs ago in the DOGO,,,    Hunting them for almost 20 yrs   I did notice that they didnt get winded to the degree I have seen others have especially in the dead of summer..  We use to hunt some property that was terrible in palmettos ,, the hogs would run bad but the area was sectioned off in small blocks so we used the Dogo's sometimes with them being the only ones on the ground..  They reminded me of cur dogs that I use to hunt as a kid ,, when they would wind and circle you while they hunted..   If  I  wouldnt have been able to stay up with them I wouldnt have done it but since I knew I could get to em pretty quick it was a fun way to hunt when I was younger..  LOL.. I dont want to leave the seat of the bike if the dogs aint bayed now.. HEHEHE..

[t-dog]

Having good wind impacts just about every single hog except the first one and if it’s hot and humid enough, it even affects that one. Conformation and disposition are the two things that determine a dogs wind the most. Obviously conditioning can build it too, but let’s be honest, most of us aren’t conditioning catch dogs. We go let them out of the kennel or off the chain and take them hunting. In the past I played a lot of ball with them but these last few haven’t been worth the effort or weren’t interested OR weren’t smart enough to learn the concept very well. Most of that last one was want to I think. A dog that is made right will naturally breath better than a dog that isn’t. I also believe that a lot of that is genetic. Certain families just seem to have great wind. Disposition though, it plays a role in the sense of having the ability and discipline to settle down once they have been taken off the hog. That dog that had to maybe run a hog any distance at all, then stay caught until you catch up, and then is chewing leads and tree limbs, or at the end of the lead pulling and pawing the air while screaming and barking is not going to be good for as many hogs as that dog that isn’t so excitable. The ones that relax and prepare for the next one are usually good for several in a day. I use to hunt a large property for a large company that was covered in hogs. I could only take two other buddies in there along with my son who was a little guy then. Most of the time that meant nobody. One bulldog was all I had and never caught less than a dozen in there. Few years ago we probably averaged 12-15 hogs a hunt during the cool months. Most times we had two catch dogs but not always. They had to have good wind.

There’s an old sports quote that says”fatigue makes cowards of us all”. I agree with that. It also makes us look like dummies. We’ve all seen a better team lose to a lesser team because of conditioning. When they were fresh they were dominate, but when they got tired their out put went down and their decision making got poor. It’s no different in animals. I firmly believe that dogs that push a track really fast take the air out of running hogs. The hogs either get bayed because the gas tank is empty or they made a mental mistake that put them in a bind, a decision made because of fatigue.


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[cajunl]

I have a friend that hunts with one or two straight or heavy crossed pits on the ground. They find, catch, relay and hunt out about 300 or so yard loops. He walks orange groves at night or hunts off an airboat and catches and ties a ton of hogs. And some real stud hogs. Most of his good ones live to old age and arent hunted with a vest.

I believe they can do more than most give them credit for.