O.K. let me try this again, i am not the best with words, and dang sure aint no proffesional, and dont have have a world of knowledge about either one but do know a little, as i have owned both types/breeds.
The question was asked what was the difference between a leopard cur and a catahoula.
AMERICAN LEOPARD CUR/hound was called a cur for years until the past couple of years, they were recognized by the U.K.C. so that they could compete in the coon hunts and gain recognition for their tracking and treeing ability. the only way that the U.K.C. would recognize them as a breed was if they changed the cur to hound.
Now these American leopard curs are not like curs at all, they are known to have very cold noses even for a hound, and are tree dogs. YES they VERY MUCH resemble a hound in all aspects. they do come spotted, but also come black and tans, high tans, just like the cats. but have the long ears, cold noses, and big bawl mouths.
TNHILLBILLY,
I don't understand why the cur part was dropped and the hound was added on instead because these dogs were good hunting dogs just the way they were. I think that was a big mistake. Back in the 1970s and 1980s the full cry magazine had very few cur columns in it and most of the columns were for all types of hounds. Over the years the majority of the columns and advertisements have switched from mainly hound to mostly cur breeds. This has been talked about and the majority seemed to think it had mainly to do with the hunting plots were getting smaller and smaller and folks were wanting dogs with more handle and not as long range. The other theory I heard and read about was that some of the field trials/night hunts were ruining the hound breeds because breeders were breeding some go younder type dogs and that hunters were hunting hounds instead of hunting with hounds. I don't know one way or the other what was the main reason why lots of folks have been switching over to curs but both reasons sound ligit to me.
Back then I didn't like how the cat and bmc hunted so I was researching the mtn cur and leopard cur. I went with the mtn cur because there were more of them closer to home.
Just like any other breed the mtn curs have faults and have lots of variation within that breed. And some of those differences I try to stay away from.
I didn't mean to get off subject but...
