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Dawson Hollow Catahoulas

NALC and UKC registered Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dogs located in Cordova, TN. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.
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We aim to produce well rounded, healthy, conformationally correct Catahoulas for the performance and trial setting.

05/19/2024

Dawson Hollow’s Amadora (Manny x Sima) has turned her water obsession into her first title! She finished the weekend with a PR of 16’0.

05/04/2024

This past weekend we attended the WCA event, and tried out some different combinations of dogs/puppies, and the puppies had their first a-bay exposure. I think they’re going to like it just fine.

Quill surprised me the most this past weekend. She has been a little slower to turn on than her littermates, and so I entered her in the NASDA trial hoping to find some niche for her since she hadn’t been consistently enthused with raccoon/hog previous experiences. She was able to light up on the various disciplines, but showed the most enthusiasm for the rats. I entered her in Urban and Trailing, and she passed all 4 trials with qualifying scores in level 1, and gained her first points in level 2. These are her first performance titles!

However, I hauled Scully to run with a puppy in cow dog, which ended up getting canceled despite the group’s best effort. Not wanting Scully to not have some fun, I entered her and Quill together for what I thought would be a flaky 10-20 seconds before Quill broke. She sure surprised me when she went in, hammered, and had the same “punching” through the pen style as Kazuki. She ended up making a bay off in the Level 1 2-dog, and came out just as strong with the longer time; it was actually Scully who started to flag at the end of the run and cost them points. They finished 3rd in Level 1 2-Dog B-Bay after the bay off.

Quill also managed a Best in Show Female - it was a fun Quill weekend!

The rest of the gang had some placements as well:

Kindle - 2nd Level 2 1-Dog Treeing
Kindle/Nook - 2nd Level 2 2-Dog Treeing
Kindle/Kazuki - 2nd Level 2 2-Dog Treeing
Sima/Dove - 1st Level 1 2-Dog Treeing
Sima/Kazuki - 4th Level 2 2-Dog B-Bay after a bay off ( still no call out 🙈)

Thank you Lisa Ann for some great photos of the gang!

05/03/2024

I have not been on social media a whole lot lately, but have still had the opportunity to bring the dogs to several events in 2024

To catch up on the most recent….

NALC was a low stress weekend as I prioritized pairing the young dogs with the seasoned ones, and just had fun seeing the “puppies” style continue to develop without any expectations.

Nook tried NALC obedience for the first time, taking a 1st in level 1 despite a rogue styrofoam cup on her recall. She also placed 2nd in the Hip certified Female class.

Fiona tried Level 2 obedience for the first time, and while she powered through the long sit and down, the wet grass after last night’s storm was too much for miss priss to handle in the heeling patterns 🙈 She was in good company though, and placed 2nd with a NQS. She did manage a 1st in the Senior Female class, and had her tail wagging the whole ring time.

Quill handled the show ring great, and managed a split 1st in the 1+ Female Never Had a Litter, and went on to a Reserve Best in Show Female

Manny was a great partner for Amity in b-bay, though not enough to place. He did manage a “pity” 4th place in the Hip Certified Male class 🙈

I was tickled with Amity and Kazuki in their bbay and treeing runs; still some puppy focus to work through, but Kazuki did well enough with Mama Sima to snag a 4th place b-bay…he bays just like Sima, including the stone cold deafness when it comes to a call out 🙈😅

Despite the storm, couldn’t have asked for easier weather for the dogs this weekend nor better company to visit with!

01/04/2024

In 2023, we were able to attend 4 UKC shows finishing 18 UKC titles with the dogs.
9 of those titles were obtained by Nook, now:
UWP RACES PN URO3 EGRCH DAWSON HOLLOW'S BOOKWORM SPOT-ON
United Weight Puller
Grand Champion
Emerald Grand Champion
Pre-Novice Obedience
Rally Obedience 2
Rally Obedience 3
Precision Coursing Novice
Precision Coursing Advanced
Precision Coursing Superior

She also was awarded a Reserve Best in Show and a Best in Show at two of the shows

Looking forward to what 2024 brings for Nook!

12/25/2023

A very Merry Christmas from Scrooge-Darla, Darla the Grinch, Darla-Oogie Boogie, and the rest of the Dawson Hollow crew!

12/17/2023

Happy 1st Birthday to the Manny x Sima pups - aka the wild bunch!

12/09/2023

Happy 4th Birthday to CH Dawson Hollow's R***r and his 12 littermates!

11/27/2023

Quill, Kazuki, and Amity all growing up at 11 months old

10/12/2023

It was a great weekend at NALC participating in all of the offered events (Fiona and Scully even got to help out in Junior Showmanship!), visiting with all of the catahoula friends/fellow exhibitors who traveled from all over the country, and introducing some of the puppies to the trial scene.

Results:

Conformation
Dove - 3rd (9-12month female)
Kazuki - 2nd (9-12month male)
R***r - 4th (1+ Has Sired a Litter)
Nook - 2nd (2+ Hip Certified Female)

Treeing
Sima/Kindle 4th 2-dog
Both girls had good enough 1 dog runs to move up into the Top 10, and improved on their 1 dog enough to place:
Sima - 2nd 2023 Top 10 Treeing
Kindle - 4th 2023 Top 10 Treeing

Obedience
Fiona 1st level 1
Fiona 1st 2023 Top 10 Obedience
Manny 2nd 2023 Top 10 Obedience
Fiona 2023 High in Trial (tied with half sister Mercy), 2023 High Point for the Year

Kindle also finished her Grand Champion for Obedience, which catches her up to her sire (Mason), dam (Darla), and littermate (Sima) as a QuadGrCh!

10/11/2023

Congratulations to Lovecraft (Havoc x Kindle) on his OFA results! And a huge thank you to his owner Niky for getting him tested!

Hips: Good
Elbows: Normal

BIMBS NC NE NV CH Dawson Hollow's Eldritch Horror

09/23/2023

Dawson Hollow's Amadora (Manny x Sima) at 9 months old.

09/23/2023

Dawson Hollow's Kazuki (Manny x Sima) at 9 months old

09/23/2023

UKC RACEA RMX URX UROC IA UJJ UAGI GRCH CA RMC NALC TRIGRCH DAWSON HOLLOW'S KINDLER SPOT

Beauty, brains....and by far the goofiest dog I've ever owned.

09/13/2023

The Manny x Sima pups had their first opportunities to get some frothy mouths today - happy with their progress throughout the day on both the tree and bbay

09/08/2023

Nook went to Indiana in July as well, and went 3/3 qualifying runs on her Rally 2 legs for the title, and had no issue with her first RO3 leg. She finished her Advanced and Superior precision coursing titles, and moved onto Masters. She had several group placements in conformation, and so qualified for Total Dog at this regional qualifying event. She also managed a Reserve Best in Show.

This past weekend, she finished her Rally 3 title at just over 2 years old. She went 3/3 on the weight pull events that she was entered in, though she is not quite as exuberantly enthusiastic as Manny about it yet. This earned her first weight pull title. She managed to take Breed 4X during the weekend with a large Catahoula entry, bringing her to 4/5 wins towards her Emerald Grand. She also managed several group placements. This was a regional qualifying event, and so am happy that she was able to earn multiple Total Dog awards through the weekend!

UWP RACES PN URO3 BIS RBIS GRCH Dawson Hollow’s Bookworm (Havoc x Kindle)

09/08/2023

Back in July Manny was brought to Indiana to continue working on weight pull.
Manny maxed out his weight 2/3 days at 1600lbs on the cart, and took home MWPP those same trials. He earned his AP. He also finished both his Superior and Masters precision coursing titles, and had his first Elite run.

This past weekend he was entered in 4 pulls on rails, and 2 on the cart. He maxed out his weight each pull, with the rails being 2,870 lbs and cart being 1,620 lbs. This brought him 120pts closer to his next weight pull title!

AP RACEM UWPCH UNJ URO1 GRCH DAWSON HOLLOW'S MANGANIELLO (Spook x Kindle)

09/08/2023

The Manny x Sima puppies are quickly growing up.

Quill (formally Tully) was hauled to a show in Indiana back in July to gain some ring experience. We worked through some puppy chaos enough to take breed several shows, and managed multiple group placements including 2X Group 1!

This past weekend she was able to finish her Championship, and handled the 4 day long show environment with maturity considering her young 8 months age. I am excited to see how she continues to develop!

UKC CH Dawson Hollow's Nyquill

09/08/2023

R***r came back to us a year ago after being placed as a puppy out of our 2019 litter. He took little time to settle in to the group, and since then has been an easy and mellow dog that loves to play with the girl dogs and puppies. Wanting to gauge more on how steady his temperament was, he was hauled to a small show in Alabama in February, where he handled the show chaos with no issue. This past weekend he was brought to a much larger show, and continued to do well in the show environment!

Early in the weekend he finished his UKC Championship, and went on to gain two legs towards his Grand and even took a Best of Breed over a large catahoula entry!

UKC CH Dawson Hollow's R***r (Woody x Fiona)

09/04/2023

Happy Belated 5th birthday to our exuberant, garrulous, brawny, larger than life Manny! He was lucky enough to spend the last 4 days dedicated to one of his favorite sports - weight pull. He maxed out his weight 6/6 pulls, working his way towards his UWPCHX!

AP RACEM UWPCH UNJ URO1 GRCH DAWSON HOLLOW'S MANGANIELLO

08/16/2023

Our beautiful matriarch, Darla, at 12.5 years old

Photos by Selacphotography

08/16/2023

The Kindle x Havoc litter turned 2 a few weeks back, which means our keeper, Nook, got to complete her next round of health testing since her BAER test as a puppy. Happy to report that she came back as:
OFA Excellent (following in Havoc and Kindle’s footsteps)
OFA Elbows Normal
OFA Dentition Complete
OFA Patella Normal

And extra happy to see her PennHip score at .26/.26

OFA Profile linked below:

https://ofa.org/advanced-search/?appnum=2479279

06/01/2023

Darla - still keeping us on our toes at 12 years old

05/09/2023

Kazuki

05/09/2023

Tully - always the goofy girl

05/09/2023

Amity - still available for placement into the right home

05/09/2023

Dove - still available for placement into the right home.

05/09/2023

Sweet Nook

05/09/2023

Manny is following in Grandma Dar's footsteps by getting a little sugar face at the ripe old age of 4.

05/09/2023

Sima, Darla, and Kindle - still thick as thieves

05/09/2023

Wild Child Zelda

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Videos

Pups are 5 weeks - and starting to wrestle and play with the older dogs

Fiona Dock Diving

Fiona got to try her hand at dock diving for the time yesterday - think she is a fan!

Sima and Zelda

Sima and Zelda having a little practice as well

Mason and Scully

Mason and Scully having a little belated/early birthday fun

Our little Fiona puppy is loving her agility classes - may be catching up to older sisters Sima and Kindle soon!

Tonight I am beyond grateful for good friends who opened their home to Sima the last few weeks to help build her confidence up in b-bay, and who allowed me today to bring the pups over for their first look at a hog. I'm glad to have Sima back with me, and think that the pups might like what the future holds for them!