From 9 to 12 mos. The deer men say that once a catahoula is trained on deer, there is no dog to match him. Catahoulas won't run a cold trail and they are a short range dog that can run like greased lightning. A good way to begin is to take the pup along, kill a squirrel and let him get the smell, the training is half done. Many breeders have asked for additional information on the catahoulas.
Leopard grows and keeps filling out until they are two years old.
They work like an adult dog at 8 to 9 months old. Females can come in heat anywhere from 8 months to a year old. We wait to use males as studs after they are 12-14 months old. Catahoula females make good brood dogs but they start to wean their pups at 4 weeks, so have a place ready for the pups. These dogs will eat anything, but they do best on a consistent diet of good dog food an opposed to table scraps.