Opinions wanted - On catchdogs performance

[Texboar]

Are you ready for an old farts 2 cents? When I first started hunting in the late 70's ther were no such things as cut vest and tracking equip. Two of us hunted together along with 2 finished dogs a pup and 1 catchdog. Gene would lead his one day me the next and we tried to hunt 5-7 days a week. Cathdogs saw their first hog in the woods, and they were the only catchdog there. This was probably was very stupid but it was done out of necesity because if we were starting a new dog it ment we had just lost one. A dog was not turned loose until we were looking at the hog. All of this prelim is just to show how our dogs were handled.

Had a gyp that had caught alot of hogs, taken alot of beatings, cut up severly and NEVER showed a bad sign. One afternoon we turned loose on a little boar about 150lbs. He broke just as we sent her. About fifty yards later he stopped in a running creek in about belly deep water. When we get there she is baying her heart out behind the find dogs. If this had been her first time out she would've been culled but, we kept her. She died the next year with a mouth full of ear. Never showed another bad hair. she was full pit.

Several years later had a realy fun to look at cur/pit male big stout, fast never miss kinda dog. One morning he was turned loose on herd of 10-15 hogs. He ran in, checked up and started baying. Who knows why? The hogs were rallying but he had been through that several times. The left out and Gator swallowed an ear. Afew weeks later at the exact location he did the same dang thing only this time it was on a single. He died years later with a mouth full and never showed bad again.

Both these dogs caught many hogs but were CULLS on these three days. What happened? I don't know. Through the years we've culled many dogs for many reasons. Not these two cause we knew what they could do.

ps. Ninja, your not the only one out of catch dogs. My grandsons are chompin at the bits rearin togo guess we'll find one soon enough.

[pig snatcher]

I didnt read every post in this thread, but in response to the original question.

When a bulldog quits like that Im done with him.  I have seen a few bulldogs that would catch good but ended up not being able to take a cutting.  I would hate to know I was belly crawling through vines up on a big boar and and my dog wussed out.

Too many good dogs out there to mess with something that will quit.

My 0.02

[bignasty]

Well BigNasty, I think after 4 pages you have learned 2 things

1. 98% of the hunters here think he will probably be fine.

2. Duece24 dont want to buy your dog......lol

i have not learned anything here  ???i dont have any dog 4 sale dont know what you are talking about- you dont even know what your talking about .

[BarrNinja]

Well BigNasty, I think after 4 pages you have learned 2 things

1. 98% of the hunters here think he will probably be fine.

2. Duece24 dont want to buy your dog......lol

i have not learned anything here  ???i dont have any dog 4 sale dont know what you are talking about- you dont even know what your talking about .

I don’t believe he was trying to teach you anything here. I took it for what I believe it was intended for. A joke.  The “lol” usually gives it away for me. He may have you mixed up with CullBuck also.

[Cutter Bay Kennels]

I don’t believe he was trying to teach you anything here. I took it for what I believe it was intended for. A joke.  The “lol” usually gives it away for me. He may have you mixed up with CullBuck also.

Stay out of this one Ninja.  LOL!!!!!!

Don't you have some bigfoot to Ninja or something.  If not, you could always go to the local duck pond with your wife.  LOL!!!!!!

[BarrNinja]

I don’t believe he was trying to teach you anything here. I took it for what I believe it was intended for. A joke.  The “lol” usually gives it away for me. He may have you mixed up with CullBuck also.

Stay out of this one Ninja.  LOL!!!!!!

Don't you have some bigfoot to Ninja or something.  If not, you could always to the local duck pond with your wife.  LOL!!!!!!

HA HA!!! That is actually good advice. I rattle way to much on here now that I have a Wackberry! lol The ducks have died so Im outta here to Ninja me a Bigfoot now!

[raider54]

Well BigNasty, I think after 4 pages you have learned 2 things

1. 98% of the hunters here think he will probably be fine.

2. Duece24 dont want to buy your dog......lol

i have not learned anything here  ???i dont have any dog 4 sale dont know what you are talking about- you dont even know what your talking about .

It was a joke! You must not have gotten it! Never mind

[raider54]

Well BigNasty, I think after 4 pages you have learned 2 things

1. 98% of the hunters here think he will probably be fine.

2. Duece24 dont want to buy your dog......lol

i have not learned anything here  ???i dont have any dog 4 sale dont know what you are talking about- you dont even know what your talking about .

Thanks for the explaination Boar Ninja! I did have him mixed up with Cull Buck.

I don’t believe he was trying to teach you anything here. I took it for what I believe it was intended for. A joke.  The “lol” usually gives it away for me. He may have you mixed up with CullBuck also.

[Lone Star 88]

What if he got it in the family jewels? Sid

[make-em-squeel]

What if he got it in the family jewels? Sid

I just saw dig em downs pit get castrated by a sow while caught in a sounder, he let go and came out and i couldnt blame him  ....but again i think a game bulldog man says cull...never quit. 

[BigAinaBuilt]

If he lets go after being castrated, Keep him around and don't worry he won't reproduce! 

[ETHHunters]

I really believe a good catchdog that catches the hog sits back and closes his eyes you could walk up cut his nutts out and he would never even flinch!!

[TX HOG]

did yall forget about robo-dog? he is the perfect cd. he does exactly what he is programmed to do

[sfboarbuster]

I really believe a good catchdog that catches the hog sits back and closes his eyes you could walk up cut his nutts out and he would never even flinch!!

Is this theory proven?? Because I would beg to differ

[raider54]

did yall forget about robo-dog? he is the perfect cd. he does exactly what he is programmed to do

Now that is Funny! the only CD thats not a CULL!!!!

[BarrNinja]

I seriously doubt that raider! Someone on this board will find a hole in him.

[hoghunterdfw]

yeah what if his batteries died right when you were going to leg a big boar... I don't know if I can trust robo-dog.

[BarrNinja]

yeah what if his batteries died right when you were going to leg a big boar... I don't know if I can trust robo-dog.

Well if he is bred with a little brains he will be smart enough to charge himself up fully before a hunt!

[coach]

I will say shook off and turning loose are two very different things!

Good point.

I look at it like this... imagine a professional boxer that's used to gettin' his face knocked in for yrs and yrs... then one day somebody walks up behind him whilst he's in a fight and hamstrings him with a razor blade...

"Why'd he stop boxing???"  ..... "he's a fighter... he should have kept fighting"  the crowd said...

"new sensation"? .... takes time for most creatures to learn to tolerate pain from unexpected angles...

I always laughed at this topic because my dad would say I seen you and your brothers quit lots of things I thought you should have finished.  Playing with a broken finger, arm, a bad cut, whatever. He would say give the dog a chance I gave yall chances in that aspect you and your brothers all would have been culled I guess it was those words that made me rethink my culling process in those stressful situations. LOL

[Reuben]

I just don't know about Robo-Dog, looks to me like he has a weak jaw for a catch dog.