I have always wondered if the American Leopard hound & the Catahoula came from common ancestors but were bred for different purposes. The Leopard hound being bred more for tree game & the Catahoula being bred more for a stock dog. What are your thoughts on this. I have always admired them & used to read all Richard Mcduffies articles that he wrote in Full Cry.
I think this too. Along with folks just breeding and adding what they needed to get the desired traits they wanted. After a period of time and different folks breeding for different traits the breed became two or maybe even three different breeds. Even now you find several different looking cats. The bigger slicker bulldog built ones and smaller hairier cur built ones. The leopards are kinda the same way. As Mr McDuffie was putting it together he single registered and brought in different dogs from different areas of the country to improve the traits and build upon. Now 70 something years later we have what we have.
