lostcoyote
Posted : 8/3/2007 6:51:03 PM
small world, ehhhh mandi?[
]
i read through this [link
http://www.dogstuff.info/catahoula_profile.html]site[/link] and many of the temperment characteristics fit our dog, mandi.
she is quite the protector of her property when we are not around... but as soon as we show up, she calms down.
like yours, she loves the bed and she tends to think she owns us (natural dominance) so i have had to work with her to let her kow that i am the leader around here - yet, when i am gone, she steps up to the plate. on walks, she will challenge other dogs so i have had to modify her behavior here as well.
my wife says she has webbed feet - but unlike the description in thelink above, the webbing does not go to the toes.
she runs like a horse with extremely long strides - almost like greyhound - and she is fast and powerful.
the most striking thing is the black leopard patterns she exhibits - although she has a bushy tail and long hair - it is coarse hair. also, her eyes are two slightly different shades of brown, her left one being lighter than her right.
quite a loyal dog though...
and she drewls like a hound dog when sniffing the ground - she sniffs with so much vigor, the hair on the back of her neck qivers as she sniffs.
the shape of her ears look aussie to me... and her long hair... which is why i think she may be part aussie, catahoula, and maybe even some german shepherd (she has really thick hair around the front of her neck)