Most of the OMC's are very protective and don't play with strangers (human or other dogs) on the place when it comes to protecting kids and some adults. I was curious if you saw some of the same with the catahoula and black mouth. My brother has a German Shepard mix pup that comes from a cow dog line and it reminds me of the OMC's when it comes to protecting the house. It's a little more protective of the area than our curs but they were more straight forward attitude when a dog or stranger got around kids. The GS acts more by positioning itself vs straight up that's as far as you need to come attitude and grit.