Message #48176

[catahoula_cur]

  Scout1
    Mike and Silverton Boar are right. Catahoulas are slow maturing dogs.  I know because thats what I have and started out with.  When I first took my cat pups (1 male and 1 female) to the bay pen, they wouldn't have anything to do with it. They just ran around the outside of the pen playing. They where 7 months old. Don't get me wrong I was ready to cull them right then, but a buddy of mine told me not to give up on them just yet because they are still young. So I didn't cull them. I keep taking them to the bay pen and letting them run around the outside of the pen while we worked the other dogs. When they turned 8 months old my male cat turned on and started baying from the outside of the pen, but we didn't put him in the bay pen until he was tring to climb the pen which was about 2 weeks later. My female still wouldn't have nothing to do with it. When she turned 10 months old she finally turned on.  They are a year old now. Now they are doing really good in the bay pen and doing pretty good in the woods also. They both bay really tight and our getting pretty gritty. They will try to catch anything under 100 lbs right now. They have been on about 10 to 12 hogs in the woods. So don't give up on them just yet. You will need patience with these dogs, that for sure. So good luck with your catahoulas and don't forget they are still pups.

   James