First, I do run some coons with mine, but she flat out loves to run cats! You'll find just about any hound will run a cat track but it takes a special dog with speed to tree, nose to keep everything sorted out, because cats love to circle in the thickest places they can find, and the brains to use their eyes and nose on the tree. Most coon hounds will never find the payoff end to a cat track, and I'm not saying that to downrate anybodies coon hound, but I've seen it play out often enough to know. That's probably why Snowshoe warns you to see a shrink, You may go through a lot of dogs to find a good one. And good ones don't come cheap!