The Catahoula Leopard: A Native American Breed
Posted by Madison Richardson at May 5th, 2009 in Dogs
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The Catahoula Leopard or Catahoula Cur is a native American breed with a colorful American history. Hailing from the Catahoula Lake area of Louisiana, this dog is a common sight among farms and ranches across North America. Considered as an excellent creature for hunting and tracking, it hunts small and big games; and as an outstanding herder, it successfully contains and traffics animal herds by means of intimidation and effective restriction.
The history of this breed started in 1536 during the time of Hernando De Soto’s quest for gold and treasures in America. It was said that De Soto brought with him the massive breeds of the Mastiff and Greyhounds and left some of them wounded when they retreated from the battles. The Native Indians took these damaged war dogs and cared for and socialized them with the Red fox, a hunting fox used by the Indians by that time, and this led to the conception of the Indian fox dog breed.
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