The black dog pictured above is a old style catahoula. She is 1 year old also and weighs about 70 pounds. She is leggy and loves to put teeth on a hog. That style of cat can cover some ground. The brown dog in the 5th pic at the top is a catahoula also. She is shorter and smaller overall. She weighs about 50 pounds. She isn't as bad to put teeth on a hog. Overall I prefer the old style catahoula over the smaller new style. The Cat is to me a dog that has a middle of the road nose. Not the best at finding scent but not the worst. The cats I have hunted with have been OK but nothing to make me want 20 of them. The black dog I have now is showing what I like. I will know more on her when I start back hunting in Jan. Like any dog the catahoula has good and bad points and good and bad examples of the breed. A good one is great and a bad one isn't worth the feed. It is a popular breed here and lots of folks are breeding for looks and money instead of ability. The people with the old style dogs seem more interested in ability. On a scale 1 to 10 I would give the dogs a 7.
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