I agree with uglydog that catahoulas are stereotyped for good reason right along with a lot of other breeds these days including BMC. More people are breeding for "double glass eyes" or Yellow w/black mask than they are for hunting, conformation and performance.. Most of the catahoulas I see these days aint worth feeding. All but 3 BMC I've hunted with were not worth feeding. We have a 20 acre wooded pen that I've let a guy who breeds weatherford ben dogs try his dogs out. They have been bred for paper and not hunting. The guy thought the dogs would do awesome , "scenting" and "chasing" and "working" game.
He has tried 22 grown dogs and not one of them would hunt or run or stay bayed..
And in his defense he actually thought they would do anything he wanted them to simply because of the fairy tales he has been told and read..
And I'm in no way dogging down BMC because there are just as many sorry catahoulas, Mountaind curs, and hounds... and just as many people breeding them all for nothing but paper and profit.
If you want a hogdog you have to get away from papers or ads or fairy tales. There are good ones in all those breeds but they are nowhere near the majority. You have to find someone who has been raising and hunting dogs for themselves to hunt with. These days I pay no attention to whether a dog is a catahoula or a BMC or a mountain cur or a beagle, I pay attention to the person breeding the dogs and what they produce when you feed them some hog tracks..
The ONLY thing in common with good hogdogs that produce is that they have been bred for hunting by hunters, Catahoula, BMC, Mountain cur don't matter that much..
