TY. Im in Northern Ontario and have never heard of this breed. When I looked up pictures on line I was overwhelmed by the resemblance. We were told Sadie was pure breed Great Dane but to our surprise she turned out to be too short, too stocky and not slobbery enough. LOL Everyone said she was mixed with Black Lab. It seems much more interesting to think she may be part Catahoula.Sadi e was bought in North Carolina so Im guessing the mix could be correct.
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I LOVE Catahoulas, but they vary a lot depending on breeders. Some are smaller like Australian cattle dogs, some are taller and lankier and look sort of like field style Labs. My asst. manager at work has a Catahoula/Border Collie mix she's a 50lb dog with a short coat, pointy face and merle and white markings.
My Earnest is Lab and Great Dane, I'm sure because I saw both his parents. He's Dane build, tall and lanky, maybe a little stockier, but with a very Lab face. I got really interested in this mix because of him, most of the ones I encountered the Lab side didn't reduce the size much.
When he was a pup our vet said she would have sworn he was pure Catahoula, I'm sorry I don't have puppy pics (didn't have a camera).
He's the merle dog in my avatar, here's a black and white that really shows his build, he's about a year in this pic, so he's not quite mature, he's filled out a little and gotten somewhat taller.
