The Louisiana Catahoula is a medium to medium-large dog, well, muscled, yet trim, powerful, but denoting
agility and great endurance. They are independent, protective, terrritorial and may show aggressive behavior. Signs of
timidity on leash should not be taken as cowardice, but intolerance for strangers.
Coat color can range from solid to leopards. The hair should be short to medium length. The head should
be powerfully built with developed checks. The skull should be broad with well definde stop being moderate in length. Muzzle
should be strong, deep and approximately equal in length to the top skull as measured from the stop to the occiput bone.
Their bite should be a strong scissor bite, witha level bite being accepatable. Complete dentition is greatly
desired, however, broken teeth are not to be faulted. Glass eyes are preferred although the eyes may be of any color or combination
of colors. The eyes do not have to be the some color and may have partial glass in one or both eyes, commonly called
"cracks". The ears should be short to medium in length eith the top of the ear being set level or slightly below
the top of the head. The neck should be muscalar and of good lenght. The back should be strong and well muscled, level
and of medium lenght. The chest should be deep reaching below the elbow, and fairly broad with will sprung ribs. The
underline should have tuck-up in the loin area to a moderate degree.
Feet should be strong and moderate in length, with good webbing between the toes.
Serious faults include:
Dogs being etiher natural bobtail or having been docked.
Any malformed or acentric pupil formation of the eyes.
Animals having either overshot or undershout bites.
Disqualifications are:
Long or fuzzy coats and cropped ears.
Theses are the rules of the NALC in Denham Springs Louisiana
