Cato Katargo - Page 1

Can I ask  what people think of Cato Katargo?
 

Also Hans, besides your stated outstanding selective breeding for hips with Bady, what makes him so special in your opinion? I think my next puppy will be out of one of these studs.

That's one of my favorite dogs!!!! I been hearing he produces coats no? 

Hi, I have a Cato daughter, who is just awesome! Her bites were always extremely hard & she never lets go. Even when she was teething she would break out of her crate if she saw another dog doing bite work.
Once she broke out came running at the sleeve & we couldn't get her off. Her mouth was bleeding but she didn't seem to care in the least. I was so scared she'll hurt herself, but was fine.
She has high prey drives, yet still has defensive drives present also.She learns fast, very athletic, with nice confirmation. She has never shown fearful reaction in public, strange surfaces, or noises.
Barking at 8 weeks old at the front door if any one approached. She is excelling at my SCH club, & private trainer said, " her protection, temperament, & agility is like his Mal's that do ring sport"
I've seen another litter of Cato puppies, the entire litter were super drivey, well balanced temperaments. His older offspring are doing very well in sport / work, plus most have great confirmations with out extremes also.
My girl is very loving with a off switch when not at work. I never thought I would never find a girl I was more pleased to work since my Orry daughter, but now I have.

I also own a Brady pup, as stated in my early post for favorite studs in the USA. He is a lot like my Cato girl in temperament, with a little more edge to him. He seems more willing to please also.
But my Cato girl was the most independent puppy out of the 2 litters I choose from also.

They both produce great working dogs with nice stable temperaments, high drives, very good health & good working confirmation. I didn't see any long coats when I was at there picking out my Cato puppy or any of his older puppies -???? 

Feel free to pm me if you have more questions.

Thanks for the great info guys.  I've seen quite a few Cato sons with long coats.

Cphudson do you happen to know if any Cato progeny are currently dual purpose police dogs?  

He's one of my favorites right now, if not my absolute favorite. 
 

 Who was he bred to Hudson ?

Hi Blazer & Jeff, I'm not sure if any of his offspring are dual purpose police dogs. He is own by Van Den Heuvel K9, I'm sure they can answer that for you.

Jeff when I went there to select a puppy he was bred to a Orry daughter- Jane, Margot Van Den Heuvel, & Era Van Den Heuvel.
Margot - http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/pedigree/655127.html
&
Era - http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/pedigree/663033.html

Jane's litter was already sold when I arrived, so didn't view those puppies. I originally had a deposit on a female puppy out of the Margot litter. I was there for 4 hours trying to choose a puppy between the 2 litters.
Margot's puppies were so beautiful with a ton of drive, they were sweet out going pups. Era's puppies were a little more serious with a bit more of an edge but every bit as nice. Her puppies ad nice confirmation, but looked plain next to Margot's. In the end I choose the Era puppy, she was always out looking for an adventure, & just such a stuff little thing. I didn't want a puppy with just prey drive & boy I didn't get that at all, couldn't be happier.
Her pedigree & looks aren't has flashy as the Margot's litter, but in the end her out standing temperament won me over.
Anne had more puppies there out of Santor there that were very nice also, & older puppies from a mix of her studs including Cato.

Check out the video clip of Cato's progeny -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCN-IXK4qGE

It's good to hear that he produces good dogs, he is def one of my favorite dogs, I hope that I will get a chance to own a male out of his breedings, and I hope that it will be long coat as out of the dogs that I ever owned longcoats were always my favorite, there was always something else in them that I could not ever explain.

Cato is a nice dog.
I would have chosen one from the Margot litter, but, for personal reasons. (I own a littermate to Margot's dam)
I watched Cato's field work at the 2008 WUSV. His bitework was very good overall. He is a powerful dog, but, his obedience wasn't all that great, if I remember correctly. He was a little out of control is what I remember. My guess is that the reason Hudson has a little hellion on hand is from Cato based on what I saw of him. He didn't look like easiset dog to handle from an obedience standpoint. He might have done better with a male handler, but, not sure. Some of these males can be real pricks with female handlers. As Hudson pointed out, he picked his pup because he liked the temperament better. I would say that was a wise choice. Cato might not be the best dog to pair up with a female that wants to do things her way also. Again, this is only my opinion from what I saw at the 2008 WUSV. Nothing more and I will say again, I do believe Cato is a nice dog with good temperament. He was more than approachable on the field after the trial was over.

I watched him in 2008 and agree.  His protection very nice, obed not too bad.

Really? I've only seen his protection work. Well, then my little girl must take after her daddy in obedience.
She has a will of her own & not afraid to express it. She is a lot of fun to train & work, but think I'm going to get killed with point deductions in obedience if she gets in one of her moods during a trail. Most days she is perfect, others it's a a power of wills just to get her to sit. Only thing I've found that stop all this was, to just put her away. She hates not being with me, especially if I start working another dog instead.
I did this a few times & haven't had any trouble since, but once in a while she'll get that gleam in her eyes so I know she is thinking about starting. I wouldn't say she is out of control though.

Example; She has a solid down, She knows not to move until released word is given. Sometimes she'll stretch out one leg & continually move it back into her then extend it back out again. All while having what I would say is a big grin on her face. Another example; my dogs know not to enter into the street, they stop at the end of my drive way if they are in the front yard. She use to walk right to the edge of the two boarders, & place one front paw extended into the street, then look at me for a reaction, with that big grin on her face. Last month during a recall practice she ran fast toward me came to a perfect sit with head at attention. The problem was she went into front position in front of the fence post next to me, smiling her big grin staring at me the whole time. I told her to heel, she did went into heel position on the fence post left side, now looking around the post at me, look like she was laughing at me. So next year if any of you are ever at a trail & see a dog stretching her leg out during the long dog, or recalls in front of the judge instead of the handler, that will be me & my little girl! LOL

I've trained worst than her, so not that worried about it, plus I do this for enjoyment any way. Once did competition obedience with a Afghan Hound, after that everything else seems like a walk in the park.
She makes it fun & a little bit more of a challenge which I enjoy.