The most popular purebread dogs 2005 per AKC.

Freds · Mar 14, 2006

Aren't Catahoula Leopard Dogs and Black Mouth Curs UKC dogs?

osprey · Mar 14, 2006

<font color="blue"> Our youngest, a 1/2 Catahoola and 1/2 Black Mouth Kur (pure bred enough for us) </font>

I had one of those one time and that was one of the best dogs I ever had 1/2 leopard cur and 1/2 yellow black mouth cur. Excellent tree dog and a good dog on ground hogs etc. He kept a coyote out of my calfs one night when I was at work.He was a tough dog.He hated snakes ,he would always let you know when one was in the yard.

Unclebuck257 · Mar 15, 2006

Freds and osprey,

This is the first I've ever heard of a Catahoola being called a "leopard dog", so you can imagine how much I know about them being UKC dogs.

Our son, who used to own the property next to us, owned two Catahoola male dogs, who were brothers. One was pure black and the other was brown. From their house, 26 acres away, those two, in their younger years, would see coyotes cutting across our property and run down here to catch up with the yotes. They would engage the yotes, but would run and catch up with them, and then run parallel to the yote just looking at them as if to say, "Ok, now you know I can catch you whenever I want, so don't come back"! They'd run parallel to the yotes for a short time and them peal off and let the yote run on off the property!! Man, that was really something to watch too.

Those two could also work a herd of cattle like nothing I've ever seen either. They are an amazing breed of dog and with all that, they are a very loyal, loving, breed too.

The son moved away 5 years ago when he became a Texas Ranger, and the dogs went with him. He then was given a female, golden colored, Black Mouth Kur, and our Sierra is from a litter of puppies between the Black Mouth Kur female and the black Catahoola male. She is more Catahoola looking and size wise, than she is Black Mouth Kur, and she is solid black like her father. Farts just like her father too!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Freds · Mar 15, 2006

UncleB,
I was wondering because you said you were surprised that those dogs weren't on the list, but the list was for AKC breeds. I thought maybe your dogs were UKC, which often accepts dogs that the AKC doesn't.

I had heard before that Ol Yeller was a BMC.

osprey · Mar 15, 2006

Unclebuck,
That cur dog I had was a great companion dog as well and he was not afraid of a coyote,because he put one to flight 2 different times I am aware off.

I may buy one from this guy here in the future. Ladner

Unclebuck257 · Mar 16, 2006

Freds and osprey,

We've really come to love both of these breeds and the Catahoolas are becoming somewhat of a more popular breed here in Texas. As you know, both breeds are good cattle working dogs and as you also know, either breed are friendly, loyal, and loving dogs.

When our son moved five years ago, he left those two Catahoola males and gave them to me. They had spent a great deal of time on our place anyway, and just about lived here.

It didn't take but a day for those two dogs to FULLY realize that he had moved and wasn't coming back. I couldn't keep either dog here and both went up to his old house and just layed on the front porch looking out and down their road towards the County Road just waiting for him to come back. I finally had to call him three days later to come and get them. When he showed up, there was no mistake, they were HIS dogs and VERY glad to see he came back to get them.

Thanks fellas for the info and the comments!