Search Chainrateds old posts. Pictures and info on the dogs and some pictures of a bunch of dried up, runty hogs.

I live in SW Alabama, in the same neck of the woods as Danny and Don. I don't have FB, and don't post much on the www, but the post about cast dogs caught my attention.

I have been line breeding off those original dogs for over 20 years. I have tried to keep the lines as tight as possible, but there is some other stuff in the blood now. Some of the other guys who had some descendants of the original dogs may have bred in a different direction, but I have tried to stay as much catahoula as possible. The ones I have are much as Reuben described: drop them on a fresh track, fresh sign, or cast them in a block that holds hogs and wait for them to get bayed. If you go back and look at some of Chainrateds posts from years back, you will see basically the same dogs I have.

You are right Goose. A few guys here in South Alabama bought dogs from Joey Dennison 25 years ago (give or take a couple of years.) Those dogs were very well suited for the terrain and hog population in this particular area, so a few guys here locally have line bred off those original dogs since that time. We still refer to them as Dennison dogs, even though that was a long time ago. As I stated earlier, they are well suited for this area, but they seem to do pretty well wherever they are hunted. For whatever reason, the guys who have them seem to breed only for themselves.

There aren't a whole lot of them around, or at least that I am aware of. They are a pleasure to hunt with.

Were the ones you hunted with cast dogs as Reuben described in his post?

Reuben have you ever hunted with any Dennison catahoulas?

 I am interested in buying or trading for a finished rig dog. I have owned a couple of dogs that would ride on top of my Ranger box, bark when they smelled a hog, and go bay that hog (8 of 10 anyway) when I put them on the ground. If you have a dog like this that you are willing to let go, I can either buy it outright (if I can afford it) or trade a finished cast dog for the rig dog. I will travel for the right dog. Call or text me at 251-589-2733.