Welcome to the American Catahoula Association Website.

Nomination of Officers

It is time to take nominations for ACA Officers. If you would like to nominate someone for an officer position please forward your nomination to Phyllis Bennett, pmbennett68@msn.com with ACA nomination in the subject line. Deadline to submit is April 15th. At that time ballots will be made available to current membership for voting.

Officer positions are: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

It's Renewal time.

Dues are $25 a year (January thru December). If you joined after August 1st your membership is current until January 2009. You may pay online using paypal or by check made out to the ACA and mailed to Phyllis Bennett, PO Box 316 Wellston, OK 74881. If you have any questions please contact me at pmbennett68@msn.com 

I am also in the process of updating the membership database. If any of your information has changed (email, phone, mailing address etc.) please contact me so we can keep the list current.

WE WANT MORE!!!

We here in the ACA website department want to add more to this website. More pictures, stories, articles, jokes, ect....  With the websites new format we can even add video clips. We want funny, serious, inspirational, whatever....As we recieve material we will be adding new sections to this site. 

If you would like to submit material for the site please email it to info@catahoulas.org .

Please be advised: Most material will be available to the general public. However, photos, stories, video clips, ect..that portray Catahoulas in certain working situations will only be available to members of the Catahoula Community with ACA website access.  Material will be screened and the availability of the material will be at the discretion of the ACA. 

Photo Credit: Original Photo by Maria Sweitzer with embellishment by Nikki Ott
The American Catahoula Association (ACA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to uniting owners and breeders of registered Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dogs. The ACA is not a registry. The Association works to promote and maintain the conformation and working ability of the registered Catahoula through shows, clinics, trials and certified testing. Catahoulas registered with recognized registries are eligible to compete in ACA sponsored events, thus broadening the competition as compared to registry-exclusive shows and trials. Each year ACA sponsors a number of diversified events to appeal to Catahoula owners with a broad range of interests, such as: Junior Showmanship, Conformation Shows, Obedience, Advanced Obedience, and Field Trials: Treeing, Hog Bay (A &B), Cow Bay (on foot), and Cow Trials (on horseback). In addition, the association sanctions selected open trials to provide members with additional resources for competition and acquisition of points toward a working championship for their dogs. The rules have been compiled to coincide with the activities of the American Catahoula Association shows and activities. We would like to thank the American Kennel Club, Animal Research Foundation, National Association of Louisiana Catahoulas, Catahoula Cur Breeders Association, and United Kennel Club, for establishing a base from which these rules are derived. It is not the intent of ACA or any of its officers to suggest that these rules be adhered to in any way, shape or form, other than expressly within ACA functions.