A childhood
dream.

Our kennel

That is the dog I want.

When I first saw one in a book, I thought: that is the dog I want. How many 12-year-olds think that when they see a beautiful dog?

Many. Back then, without the internet, that was as far as the search could go. But I did not want any other breed, so the idea was put on hold for a few years, though I never stopped researching.

Around Christmas 2010 I felt I knew enough about the breed and started searching again for where I could get the dog of my dreams. I found many American kennels, and after a great deal of searching I finally came across a European one. I did not look any further. Not out of laziness, simply because there was no need. A kennel's first litter, 5 puppies, 4 weeks old, one red leopard male. Logan was born for me, I knew it even then. It could have been a bad choice, and looking back it was risky to decide on him straight away, but now I can see it was the best possible choice, and I really did find the one for me.

At first it was very hard. Despite everything I knew, I had a lot of struggles with my sharp-witted teenage Catahoula male. He could not control his instincts, and I could not control him. Over time, though, every moment and all the time we spent together became a joy, and slowly he truly became my best friend and companion, just as it is written in the big book. Today he is perfect to me (and to many others). In my hands he became an obedient, classic Catahoula with excellent instincts and eagerness to work. And I am not afraid to use him! Not just to look at, because he is not a garden ornament. He is a working dog.

With Evin it was quite similar. To see her, to love her, to feel that she was born for me. I did not go past the kennel that had already proven itself. True, I was looking forward more than anything to the first puppies of my favourite female, but I did not plan to buy one, only to admire them. Then I fell in love again, because her mother's double was born, both in looks and in nature.

Logan and Evin could not be more different, that is obvious at first glance. She is my other self.

I waited a long time for the third… but the feeling when I found out she could be mine was unmistakable. Esca came to us at 15 months of age; she spent the first year of her life with her breeder. Her new home will be here in our little Catahoula community, and from now on she will take part in every sport, job and bit of fun we come up with for our pack. A fantastic girl!

The pack has grown since then. Egra is an imported female from pure working lines, raised among cattle, and just as much at home in the hog training garden. Evie is the first Catahoula of our own breeding who stayed with us: Esca's daughter, with scent work as her path. Esh is the youngest, and the next chapter, and the next litter, begins with her.

Logan left us on 13 November 2023. What began with him we carry on with the pack today: we work, we do sports, we herd, and now and then Catahoula puppies are born here. Every Delight puppy comes from health-tested parents chosen for work and for family, and we stay in touch with every new owner for a lifetime.

Logan, 26 November 2010 – 13 November 2023. The first, the one it all started with.