Catahoula Leopard Dog Forum:
size

can someone tell me why they are breeding catahoulas that are so small these days?????

Whos breeding small dogs. I have a female that will weigh in about 50lbs. I had her breed to a male that weighs about 80lbs. I kept 2 pups that are 6 months now, the female I have already weighs about 35lbs and the male I kept is bigger than his mother, about 50lbs. So there are still a few large dogs out there.

In central Texas, there is a breeder that prefers smaller sized catahoulas..females 30-45 lbs, males 40-50 lbs simply because where he hunts, the brush is so hard to get thru that smaller dogs are preferred. Personally I like the smaller sized ones...they're faster and live longer. The bigger ones get hit and hurt more often by the hogs they hunt.