Cur dogs

Clay........I dont doubt that after European settlement, the Native Americans had catahoulas (or had the early cur dogs that went on to become Catahoulas). I know that many tribes, expescially the Cherokee, adapted almost 100% the the European way of life of, living in houses, farming and keeping live stock as a source of income(not just subsistance). So it would'nt be hard to presume that they also adapted to the European way of using stock dogs and hunting dogs like Cur dogs. After all I would think that Native Americans are a race of people that could really appreciate and see the bennifit of such dogs. And thus, use them after they were introduced to them by Europeans. However, I just dont beleive that Native Americans had any stock of dogs available to them that could possibly have been used to help create the Catahoula breed. They had the Texas Red Wolf. They could have domesticated that but, what trait would the Red wolf have that it could give to the creation of the Catahoula breed? Definately not herding instincts, and perhaps hunting but the way a wolf hunts and the way a Catahoula or other Cur dog hunts is two totally different things. Besides the internet claims of the Red wolf being a contributer to the Catahoula breed, via Native Americans, says that the red wolf is where the Catahoula gets the blue eyes from. But Red Wolves definately dont have blue eyes. Thats just my opinion, based on the fact that there is a lack of evidence to prove such a claim.

Waylon