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A Catch dog is a specially trained dog that is used to catch large animals in hunting, working livestock, and baiting.[1][2]
As hunters, catch dogs are contrasted with bay dogs. Catch dogs are typically outfitted with chest and neck armor to prevent being speared by the boar's tusk, and neck injury.[3][4]
As livestock dogs, catch dogs use their weight and teeth to immobilize live animals so that they can be captured by the dog's handlers, who may be stockmen, hunters, butchers, or farmers.[5]
The use of catch dogs has been condemned by groups like PETA, who consider it cruel and inhumane.[6] Supporters of the use of catch dogs claim that their use facilitates the difficult and important culling of feral pigs where they have become dangerous and environmentally destructive.[citation needed]
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Terminology
According to the 2009 edition of Webster's Dictionary of American English, the term "catch dog" is a noun phrase referring to a dog used or bred for working livestock.[7] The entry identifies the term as being American, and dating to circa 1857, although the practice is known to date at least back to the ancient Romans. [1]
Boar hunting dogs
Catch dogs physically take hold of the boar, typically seizing the base of the boar's ear. Once the catch dogs have physical control of the boar, they will hold it down by the head indefinitely until the hunter arrives. The hunter then comes in from behind the boar, and dispatches the boar with a knife or spear.
It is not unusual for hunters to utilize both bay and catch dogs in the same hunt. Bay dogs are used to find the boar, initiate the chase, and pursue the quarry. Sometimes the boar will run from the bay dogs at first, but at some point during the chase either stop to fight or become cornered. At this point catch dogs are released to keep the boar stationary for the hunter.
Catch dog breeds
Most catch dogs are descended from the Old English Bulldog and Cordoba Fighting Dog bloodlines, and some are crossed with athletic Molosser-like dogs, such as the Cane Corso. The Dogo Argentino was bred for hunting wild boar in Argentina, and dogos are commonly crossed with Pit Bulls in the south United States, specifically for boar hunting.
- Dogo Argentino [8]
- American Pit Bull Terrier [9]
- American Bulldog [10]
- Catahoula Bulldog [11]
- Dogo Canario [12] (Perro de Presa Canario)
- Cane Corso [13]
- Bandog [14]
See also
External links
- Dogs on Hogs website
- Dogs on Hogs hunting video
References
- ^ http://www.huntingmag.com/big_game/HM_boar1_0406/
- ^ http://www.hsus.org/acf/fighting/hogdog/hog_dog_fighting.html
- ^ http://www.uglydogranch.org/udrshop/product_info.php?products_id=143
- ^ http://www.hogdogvests.com/products.php
- ^ http://www.elpresa.com/content/view/26/49/
- ^ http://www.helpinganimals.com/oi_hogDogRodeos.asp
- ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catch+dog?qsrc=2446
- ^ http://home.wanadoo.nl/redmonds/History.htm
- ^ http://www.workingpitbull.com/history.htm
- ^ http://www.bulldoginformation.com/american-bulldog-history.html
- ^ http://www.bulldoginformation.com/catahoula-bulldog.html
- ^ http://www.elitedogs.us
- ^ http://stormywinnscanecorso.com/id24.html
- ^ http://huntingpigdog.com/index.php?page=australian-bandog
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