Catahoula Leopard Dog

Is anybody familiar with this breed and have they been mated with staffys, if so what would the pups be like ?

sorry never heard of them but why would you want to purposely xbreed ??

Is this what you mean. Sorry I dont know of them :

I'm not going to purposely xbreed, i am enquiring because a friend of mine asked me to go with him to pick a staff pup, i was unsure that the pups were pure staffy, looked very much right but had webbed feet, no papers available.I have checked internet and i believe CLD's have webbed feet. Just wondered if any one had more info.

suppose they would make good swimmers

Why on earth would you want to cross a staff with one of these? Recipe for disaster & I certainly wouldn't want to own one!!

Just because they have webbed feet, though, doesn't mean that they are crossed with the Catahoula Leopard Dog. There are other breeds that have webbed feet.

no i dont think so but i would be carefull if you know anyone saying this is the case as leopard dogs or only 1 of 2 breeds that need to be marle in colour
anyone with staffies this colour could have pups with all kinds of health problems

Whoever it is, walk away.

Some staffies do have webbed feet

do you relize how unlikely a mix that would be as there really a very rare breed for this country and if you did own one it would be very unlikely you would breed with a differant type of dog
basically you can cross that xbreed off the list

There are probably fewer than a dozen Catahoula Leopard Dogs throughout the United Kingdom. There's at least one in Wales & two or three in Manchester, btu I can't find details of any others.

They're not a 'recognised' breed anywhere in the world, even in the USA where they were developed.

And even if they were here, and "purebreds" the owners wouldnt be letting them breed with staffys lol

Caryll wrote:There are probably fewer than a dozen Catahoula Leopard Dogs throughout the United Kingdom. There's at least one in Wales & two or three in Manchester, btu I can't find details of any others.

They're not a 'recognised' breed anywhere in the world, even in the USA where they were developed.

i think there just more of a cross breed thats kind of stayed the same lol most in the us are used for boar trapping

Catahoula Leopard Dogs are almost always merle, so unless the puppies are merle it is highly unlikely that they are crossed with CLDs. They are also very uncommon outside of the US, so it would be rather odd to have one running around the UK mating with Staffords.

CatStina wrote:Catahoula Leopard Dogs are almost always merle, so unless the puppies are merle it is highly unlikely that they are crossed with CLDs. They are also very uncommon outside of the US, so it would be rather odd to have one running around the UK mating with Staffords.

But we have pumas and stuff will, even the odd squirrel

One of my geeky fascinations is genetics and my instinct here would be NO NO NO!

Also see here for info on congenital sight and hearing defects in merle dogs.

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t20226-merle-colour-patterning-in-the-staffordshire-bull-terrier

ok all, thanks for the advice, just thought it strange for staff to have webbed feet.

Some staffies do have webbed feet just like most breeds there always the 'odd balls'.

Edit: my staffy Harv has webbed feet as does my other dog Chance