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Yep, training is mandatory in all animals.I believe it. Catahoula leopard dogs are an intelligent breed that tends to be very wary of strangers. They have dominant/assertive personalities independent of the owner, and will be less likely to cow to an aggressive stranger. They are also quite beautiful! However, training is the only way I’d feel entirely confident in any animals (including humans!) behavior in a high stress situation.
I got this one when my son was born. He was a puppy and they have grown up together. He either sleeps at the foot of his bed or in the door way to his room at night.
If he takes a nap in the house it’s always somewhere between the family and the front door. He’s always in “Protection Mode “ when we are sleeping etc.
Out in public on a leash he is very well behaved.
When people come to the door he lights it up if it’s someone he doesn’t know until I get to the door and tell him to sit.
Then he just sits there waiting till I’m foment paying for the pizza or whatever it is.
Very very good dog breed to have.
And they are the LA state dog