[JRHill02]

Bubba. Male Catahola with the bone. Sisters are standing.

Dad, now in doggie heaven:

 

[Chew]

Female catahoula. Best dog I've ever had.

 

[JRHill02]

Female catahoula. Best dog I've ever had.

80#? Just a beautiful gal. Tail, haunches, stance.... And the eyes.

 

[Chew]

80#? Just a beautiful gal. Tail, haunches, stance.... And the eyes.

Pretty close. Probably 77 there. She's a blood trailer. Finds a lot of deer and hogs every year.

 

[Forcast]

My huge male cat seems to do a good job. Unless it the she fox...she pees on him!

 

[IceFire]

Just got our Anatolian Shepherd pup. Just got him Sunday, and he's already going out with me in the mornings when I go to feed. He's 9 weeks old and 25 pounds already. Meet Thor!

 

[Henacynflin]

This is our two Cadi and Brân. Both hard working muts

 

[JRHill02]

Female catahoula. Best dog I've ever had.

Chew, I see from the picture background that you may live in an area with neighbors. How does that work with her needs for high activity and needing to be involved with everything she sees or hears? And other dogs?

I agree with the tracking skills of a Catahoula. But I have learned not to have more than one out at a time 'cause the chances of a command to come back 'might' be obeyed. If two or the third are in the chase, they are gone - to try to out compete the others. Together they will ignore collars set to high and are quickly out of range. Besides, I hate shock collars but one with GPS would be cool. Those are too expensive.

 

[Chew]

Chew, I see from the picture background that you may live in an area with neighbors. How does that work with her needs for high activity and needing to be involved with everything she sees or hears? And other dogs?

I agree with the tracking skills of a Catahoula. But I have learned not to have more than one out at a time 'cause the chances of a command to come back 'might' be obeyed. If two or the third are in the chase, they are gone - to try to out compete the others. Together they will ignore collars set to high and are quickly out of range. Besides, I hate shock collars but one with GPS would be cool. Those are too expensive.

Good points. She has kind of moved into the late adult phase at 8 years old but she was in puppy phase for 2 to 3 years. I had to get on a bike, attach a leash, and wear her out for several miles to keep her occupied.

That plus the training blood trails and frequent bowhunting of deer and hogs helped.

We spend half of our time in the country on 21 acres. Will be moving there permanently later this year. I would say if you don't have the time or energy to exercise these dogs until they almost fall over then you probably shouldn't get one.

 

[JRHill02]

Good points. She has kind of moved into the late adult phase at 8 years old but she was in puppy phase for 2 to 3 years. I had to get on a bike, attach a leash, and wear her out for several miles to keep her occupied.

That plus the training blood trails and frequent bowhunting of deer and hogs helped.

We spend half of our time in the country on 21 acres. Will be moving there permanently later this year. I would say if you don't have the time or energy to exercise these dogs until they almost fall over then you probably shouldn't get one.

All ours will be 4yo July 4th. They have somewhat settled down, thankfully, unless there is something that gets their attention. So your pup works in civilization - cool. I have to ask: You are on a bike. Your dog sees a fluffy squirrel. Do you get dragged to the tree with the bike trailing somewhere behind?

Note: We don't trim toe nails. Front ones are wicked an the back ones worn short. I've never trimmed a Catahoula nail. Whether dragging an owner or excavating a ground squirrel hole I'm not sure I've seen dirt flying further. Cataholas have webbed feet. Picture a duck. They swim. They climb trees. They like you because they own you.

 

[HDRider]

This is Rolo and Loki. They are Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherd siblings. Loki took the look of the Anatolian and Rolo the Pyrenees. He is about 130 pounds, she is maybe 90. She is speed, he is strength. Their team work and instincts amaze me almost every day.

 

[JRHill02]

Lots of hair! Beautiful pups.

 

[Danaus29]

I still have a picture in my mind of @Chew, hanging onto one end of the leash, dog in tree on the other end, squirrel setting out on a tiny branch and the bicycle laying busted up on a sidewalk.
If I was an artist I would try drawing it.

 

[Chew]

It only took once or twice for me to learn my lesson and drop the leash when she found a target!

 

[JRHill02]

Now there is a guard, er, critter. It certainly guards against the DW ever doing windows. I think its really cool, outside. After I took the picture it hid itself. Its a really passive critter.

 

[012345]

Blueberry loves dogs but things this of intruders:

 

[JRHill02]

Blueberry loves dogs but things this of intruders:

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Wonderful picture with the tongue. Ohh, they need to eat too.

 

[Danaus29]

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Now there is a guard, er, critter. It certainly guards against the DW ever doing windows. I think its really cool, outside. After I took the picture it hid itself. Its a really passive critter.

Arggggg! I ran face first into one of those last week. I don't know why they think they need to build a web right across my walkways! Luckily for her, she found a better home site. Either that or a bird had a huge lunch.

 

[Forcast]

Bean

 

[Settler]

Anatolians have worked well for me, particularly the males. Females have had more problems around poultry. Have been using them for about 10 years.