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Panhead Catahoulas
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Mon, 12 Nov 2007
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 Panhead Catahoulas, Youngstown, Florida
The coming to be of Panhead kennel is a long
and complicated story, with its roots in
Catahoula parrish, Louisiana dating back a
hundred years or so, depending on where you want
to start. A fairly detailed accounting of that
history may be read at our MSN group, which can
be reached from the Links page here. I will touch
on that further from time to time, but will use
this first post to introduce ourselves and our
dogs.
This kennel was started by Stephanie Cox, of
Baton Rouge, who brought her Catahoulas to the
Florida panhandle and guided things along untill
in 1996 we attained status as a certified breeder
of Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dogs, as
designated by the National Assosciation of
Louisiana Catahoulas, seated in Denham Springs,
Louisiana.
My name is Larry Nieman, and since
Stephanie's death in 1998, I find myself in
charge. Many of the day to day doings at the
kennel are dealt with by Peggy Lois. Should you
call, one of us will be answering the phone.
Since the earliest days till the present
moment, whatever money the dogs bring in has gone
back into the project. We are almost fifteen
years down the road now, and can point to
thousands of feet of chain link fence, which
allow the dogs to live in large pens, averaging
9000 square feet. They have room to run and dig,
pine trees to shade them, plenty of space to do
their business elsewhere from where they eat and
sleep.
We also point with pride to over twenty
adult, registered Catahoulas we have been blessed
to acquire (and breed) over the years. Our goal
is to breed a dog that represents the wonderful
quality of the breed without going too far in any
one direction and breeding ourselves into a
corner, as it were. With this in mind, we have
gathered dogs from many parts of the southeastern
United States, encompassing as many of the old,
respected bloodlines as we can get our hands on.
And of course, we are the retirement plan for
several older, spayed females and retired males.
Unlike Enron, we feel loyalty to those who have
been loyal to us. We are working people
ourselves, and our determined to keep our dogs
within the reach of folks like ourselves. With
this in mind, our dogs are sold for $250, or two
for $400, which is the least we can figure out
how to do it for and still buy $60 worth of dog
food every week. Anyone who thinks we are making
money at this is welcome to go over the books and
explain to me how I can get my hands on some of
it!
Anyway, this is not about money, but about
dogs, primarily. It has been wisely said that the
person who spends his money on a dog receives in
return unconditional love. I believe that, and
greatly appreciate the chance to bring that love
into people's lives. The folks who buy a Panhead
dog make it possible for us to be richly blessed
on a daily basis by the company of these
remarkable animals. I have made the boast, and
stand by it today, that you may spend a lot more
money for you Catahoula, but you will be hard
pressed to find more Catahoula for your money.
Anyway, that is an overview of our story, and
I appreciate your taking the time to read it.
Posted 13:45
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1 comment
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Puppies Catahoula
do you have any catahoula female or male puppies
available. We are in Quincy, FL. and what is
your price.
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