Catahoula?

[Skiesblue]

So many possibilities. First I’d like to make him a good dog- walk on a leash, don’t bolt out a door or gate be calm around small stock. Nice manners so he has options although I don’t want to rehome him. And it will be interesting to see how he develops. He has webbed feet and loves water. What a puzzle.

 

[Skiesblue]

Pic

 

[Bruce]

Nice looking dog and quite calm!

 

[Skiesblue]

He’s a sleeping angel and a wide awake hurricane. Ah puppies. Notice he’s disembowelled part of the chair and his majesty likes it tipped on its back. I am going to recover it w burlap as he strips it.

 

[Bruce]

I hadn't even noticed the chair, guess I thought he was lying on a dog bed.

 

[Skiesblue]

As Jeff Foxworthy says “ if your outdoor furniture was previously your indoor furniture you might be a redneck.”
Guilty as charged but it’s so much nicer to groom 4 pyrs sitting.

 

[greybeard]

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He is a pup. A pup thing. 6-7 months around dogs 4-5 yrs.

Aahh, that may well be the cause.

I used Leopards running cats out in SW Texas and coons here in East Tx when I was young and in good shape. That breed dog is very long winded and could stay on a cat all night long. The Black and Tans and Walkers were good nosed, but couldn't hang with the Leopards down in South Tx. We stopped trying with anything but the leopards.
Mine were all 3 blue eyed and not aggressive toward people at all but didn't give quarter to anything on 4 legs.

We were running a lion out near Van Horn about 40 miles from the border one night, slung rifles and jugging thru brush country trying to keep in ear shot of the dogs when we gave it up and camped for the night. Made a fire and dozed off. About 4am, the cat circled back on it's own tracks & he and the dogs ran right thru the middle of our campsite. Fun times. I couldn't do it today.

They make good cow dogs too and lots of people use them for feral hog hunting here.

 

[Skiesblue]

Love the story. Here’s a better pic of him.

 

[Skiesblue]

He caught a rooster today. I yelled no and he let the rooster go minus some tail feathers. His expression was priceless. “No? Are you sure?”

 

[Bruce]

YES I'M SURE!
I hope he believed you meant it now and in the future. I've not had to train a dog to chickens but I imagine it isn't the easiest/quickest thing and that there are some losses involved. Best of luck!