Tuska Homma Kennels

This is a picture of my Dad, Faunt Ernest McLendon and his dog - Lad. This dog would work cows, horses, hogs, tree squirrels and was an even better coon dog. As in the traditions of old, at Tuska Homma Kennels, we breed for working ability.

If someone asked me to describe a Catahoula Cur Dog, it would be Grit & Determination. This is a picture of Racket. After he herded our mare into the stock yard, he held her there, and did NOT let her back out. It almost cost him his face and head. After 3 hours of sewing by our Vet, he is still working.

Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials - 2005, we finished 3rd in the Puppy Class and in 2006 we placed 10th in the two dog competition. This is one of many field trial win's or place's in our trophy case. We have over 200 1st-3rd place finishes and over 1000 top five finishes. We train our dogs ourselves as of April 07 Renee' & Herman have trained over 200 hog dogs in the past 3 years, with a 98% success rate. There have been only 3 dogs that came through our training that just would not bay a hog. Renee' has over 30 years of training experience, including handling drug dogs, she also competed many years with Labs. Today, she and Herman train as a team.

WORKING DOG +WORKING DOG ______________ =WORKING DOGS Just 9 & 13 weeks old, these pups, found, bayed and held at bay this young rooter near our home.

Although our dogs are bred to maintain the hard working instinct. Most are trained as "Hog Dogs". And the field trials that we participate in are "Hog Bays". This picture was taken a Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials and is of a Black Mouth Cur named Sassy. It is hard to imagine, but she was not hurt.

Any time you have hogs, especially wild boars, you have to have a catch dog. Meet "Rip". Here at Tuska Homma Kennels - I have my dogs - The kids have their dogs - Some and most are just "ours". But this one is Herman's. A Stafordshire male, he weighs in about 85-90 lbs. He is absolutely the most people friendly dog in the world, never meets a stranger, useless as a watch dog, but a working machine. He is guarded by 3-5 Catahoula's.

When Herman & I got married, he had four kids and I had two, yes, that makes six. Needless to say, we were the "Brady Bunch from Hell!" As time passed, we gradually started loosing them to marriage and jobs, then along came my nephew Taylor. I guess what applies to dogs, applies to kids, "What is one more", ha! Kids from left to right - Wes, Taylor, Rachel, Tyler, Lendon, Katie and Ben.