Crib: SPEED, nose, holding power, a dog able to withstand punishment if need be, all in ONE. If you've ever been hunting in these marshes and swamps, you'd understand why we don't want a race. Even good 'purebred' dogs are having difficulty stopping them here. We need that speed.
Mr. Paul: Great post, thank you. My sentiments exactly.
mrs la, i think it's going to take more than a catahoula to put nose into them if the stag and bull terriers are in the mix...
Well, the cats that we have hunted behind, have proven well in the nose department. We've never had any complaints on the breed's ability, so we will use them. I know there's a lot of anti cat folks on here, and a lot of die hard yeller dog folks too, but we have no reason to doubt what the cat has to offer in this cross.
You'd be surprised at the sniffer ability on the stags and bulls....don't forget, they are canine after all....just because they were bred for different purposes doesn't mean their factory receptors vanish.
Hell we owned (RIP) an APBT here that for years, we took out solo.....and that dog found and caught his own hogs, on multiple occasions.
