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This has gone on long enough don't know how or where all this bulldog bullbutter is going but first lets get some things straight.In all my experiences with cattle people first and foremost Blackmouth cur,red or yellow cur,Cracker cur,Catahoula cur,Blue/red heelers,Aussie shepard,Collie or a mix there of,or a bloodline of linebred dog that go back some 30-70years, are the dog of choice in old cattlemen.Curs where often times to rough on cattle so they were bred to a softer dog because cows were money and the cows had to remain in good condition.in doing so somrtimes created a too soft,dog for some as some task required a grittier dog.So bulldogs and rougher dogs had to be added back in some bloodlines.Now demografics played a big part as to how the dogs phenotype was set.A cur from texas and a cur from florida had to completely different builds.Secondly hog hunting has been happening since before the 70's so lets get than out of the way.in the 60's you could often free range hogs(domestic)that had a mark and filed in town of a regesitered mark on the ear. and round them through out the year often a sounder(consisting of sows and shoats) was lead by a dom. alpha sow that was of age and had been through the process of herding so much that the bay dogs would heard them back to the farm house with out putting to much pressure(teeth) on them.Now cattle that have or been worked this generaly works the same way.There are times when unruly or wilder cows get in some thicket and dogs where sent in to get them out.Also refered to as yellow jackets,stingers,etc.The cur dog in Florida region is a bulkier dog,seen to many of them, been to to many Ranches down in Florida where all those Cracker cattlemen have lived and families have lived since 1800's on land they homesteaded.All those people never was a bulldog ever brought up in topic of conversation.Cracker cur have often been thought to be a white dog not the case the original Craker cur was a red/yellow dog.white and light colors were accepted because of the bloodlines was so small.and trying to keep it going did what the had to do.But sure as I'm telling this a novice on the florida cur would mistake a florida cracker cur for a 3/4 bulldog 1/4 cur mix. definetly a 50-/50 cross.When you talk of this WEB I think of a cur dog from florida.Not a bulldog.But what do I know. Realdogs