Cascadian Catahoula

I am the foster home for Othello Moose. It is through the Alternative Humane Society located here in Whatcom County, which is a no-kill shelter that has no offices, just a volunteer staff with huge heart. Othello Moose was going to be put down unless a someone stepped to the plate. A lover of Southern Gothic literature, I figured, hell a living relic of the Old South living right her under my roof would be the coolest thing in the world as I lie by the fireplace in the winter reading "Go Down, Moses." What I didn't realize that Othello would require some training and be quite a challenge for my otherwise docile life.

The AHS offered the services of myriad trainers and Othello is turning into a more mellow Catahoula. And he just had his third birthday, so that is also mellowing out, although he still has a wild streak.


When he first arrived, he never went to the bathroom in the house. He would chew paper (including some books), errant CD cases and an occasional DVD case. I quickly crate trained him, and he became less destructive and gradually now had free rein in the house and yard. He also is good at finding a sunny spot on the porch to sun himself in the mornings. More soon...