I see where yall have been asking and wondering about leopard curs. My american leopard curs/hounds are ukc reg. The main difference between leopard curs and leopard cats are the ears, nose and be'n an open mouth on track dogs. They do have a great cold nose. The ears are set lower on the head and hang lower and the open like a hound on track and they tree. The have a lot of brains, heart and character. Most cats I've been around and seen are larger muscular built dogs. I'm really love'n mine. I was able to get a couple dogs that you can trace their bloodlines all the way back to the 60's and 70's. I remember reading an article in full cry where they were try'n to get the mountain cur guys to change over their breed to a "hound" back in 2004 or 2005 in full cry. I think the leopard guys just went because the mountain cur boys wouldn't. To me they have put too much hound in them now since UKC took it over. The hound guys have really added a lot more ear and made them a larger dog. Use to be most of the leopard curs were 30 to 45 lbs females and 45 to 60 or so pound males. Now you can see a 90 to 100 lbs male dog. And they have made them more of a go yonder dog. I like my curs. They hunt close like the old curs, they have a good cold nose, they have the smaller shorter ears and muzzles. They are the smaller body and size. Yall are more than welcome to come coon hunt'n with me if you want. Here are a couple pictures of mine
Bubby on a tree
I am glad they left the mt cur alone...I have seen the change in the leopard cur when it went to leopard hound...they look too much like bluetick in the gene pool...
