We just got a Catahoula mix a couple of months ago. It's the second Leopard Hound the family has owned. Very intelligent dogs, excellent watchdogs, and very eager to please. The Catahoula has become one of my favorite breeds...
They are excellent dogs for hunting or family pets. The breeder we got ours from bred Rotty into them to give them more size for handling large hogs but we don’t hunt. We live way out in the country and several years ago having a protective dog was necessary. Today not so much. I have two Mtn. Curs outside now and three Feists inside (and outside).
One thing we were careful about was to get out of the way if they got in a fight. They were brothers but they did like to fight occasionally and the Rotty in them didn’t back down. If the lady in the article got between two that were fighting it would have ended badly for her.