Good looking dog, sure 'nuff. Those Ben bred dogs were bred rough, no doubt about that. Not doubting you at all, just skeptical unless I see the dogs work with my own eyes
I've bred and worked with Cur Cow Dogs my whole life, as well as several generations of my Kin before me. Florida bred dogs that work on both Cattle and Hogs. My dogs also are expected to work "one out", with no more than two on the ground at once. I've been around several here in Tn, as well as N. GA, who have claimed to feed some, but I have yet to actually put eyes on one in 20 yrs of lookin. As for chewing up and ripping off the ears of "stock", Cattle or Hogs, this is something we won't tolerate. When time to catch, it is their job to catch and hold, not kill or maim, and they had damm sure better come off when told
Lots of different styles of hunting though, to each their own. I did hear of a crew that hunted horseback on Benton back in Oct. Buddy of mine said they came riding by them with several good lookin Leapard dogs on the ground. Would have liked to have talked to them boys.