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 Abney Catahoulas is located approximately 60 miles
Northeast of New Orleans on 5 1/2 acres in beautiful Abita Springs, Louisiana. Our facility is constantly being upgraded to provide the best of care for our Catahoulas. We have access to and utilize
the expertise of five veterinarians that are familiar with Catahoulas and our dogs in particular. This gives us the privilege of having one of them available to us in the case of an emergency, or to
retrieve information. Each has worked to educate us in their various fields of expertise. This has resulted in our accumulating thousands of hours of information and training on the care and well
being of our animals, and those entrusted to our care.
In addition to these local professionals, we have contacts at various universities throughout the United States with veterinary professors in varying fields of expertise who are willing to help
with any situation that may occur. We are not only dedicated to the breeding of quality Catahoulas, but to improving the breed's temperament without changing its natural, unique characteristics. Over
many years of careful breeding, we have developed a Catahoula that is capable of working, hunting, showing, and/or being the family pet while maintaining a good, even temperament. Abney Catahoulas
have been developed to display the TIC of the breed.
T = Temperament + I = Intelligence + C = Conformation
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Presenting a lecture on the history and care of Catahoulas to students at Magnolia Trace Elementary School.
This school has adopted the Catahoula as its mascot. Each student was afforded the opportunity to meet and pet the dogs, along with choosing one of the four dogs
present to be included in their class picture.
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By working closely with a specific breeding program and accepting the guidance of those in the field of genetic development, we continue to produce a Catahoula that has a good temperament, a
loving nature, and the intelligence and ability to be trained into any field of endeavor. This is accomplished while maintaining the conformation standard of the breed. We are involved with testing
our breeding stock in an effort to produce the best Catahoula possible. Although these tests are not an exact science, it does provide us with a tool by which to make certain breeding decisions.
Our dogs have been used for Search and Rescue, Narcotics Detection, working cattle, horses, and sheep, hunting deer, squirrel, raccoon, wild hogs, black bear, and mountain lion. We are active in
the Catahoula Community and strive to place our dogs in loving, caring homes.
In addition to making presentations to many local schools, we appear annually at the Brec Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge, La. for
the Louisiana Day Exhibit held in April, and the Wetlands Heritage Festival held in August. We also provide a program for the U.S. Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Exhibit held in October.
Abney Catahoulas have been placed all over the Continental United States, as well as many other countries. In the spring of 1998 we placed the first Catahoula in Amsterdam, Holland, and in the
fall of 1998 we placed the first Catahoula in Helsinki, Finland.
I was afforded the opportunity at an early age to learn dog training. My father taught me the basics of training, but it was not until I was an adult that I really understood what he had taught
me. I became a professional dog trainer in 1980, and have enjoyed years of active involvement with many breeds in a wide variety of disciplines. I have owned various breeds of dogs and some mixed
breeds, but the Catahoula has always been my passion.
Abney Canine Training has evolved into a full-scale training facility that offers a wide variety of training and behavior modification at reasonable prices. Please visit our training site,
ABCANTRA (Abney Canine Training), for information on Behavior Modifications, Obedience, Conformation and Showmanship, Tracking, Blood Trailing,
Search and Rescue (all facets), Arson and Narcotics Detection, and Training Tips for any breed.
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