- Name: Orion
- Owner: ashleybroome28
- Breed: Belgian Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael)/Plott Hound
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- Spay/Neutured: Yes
- Age: 2 Years
- Description:
Plott
Next Breed: Podenco Canario
Previous Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
The Plott Hound is a large scent hound, specifically a coonhound, originally bred for hunting boar.
History
Of the seven breeds of UKC registered Coonhounds, the Plott Hound and the American Leopard Hound do not trace their ancestry to the foxhound. And, of those seven breeds, we can be most certain of the Plott’s heritage and the men most responsible for its development. The ancestors of today’s Plott Hounds were used for boar hunting in Germany many years ago. Jonathon Plott left his native Germany and came to this country in 1750. He brought a few wild boar hounds with him. These dogs had been bred for generations for their stamina and gameness. Plott and his family settled in the mountains of western North Carolina. In those days there were no wild boars in this country. Jonathon Plott used his dogs for hunting bear. Plott supposedly kept his strain entirely pure, making no outcrosses. In 1780, the Plott pack passed into the hands of Henry Plott. Shortly after that time a hunter living in Germany who had been breeding his own outstanding strain of “leopard spotted dogs” heard of the fame of the Plott Hounds and came to North Carolina to see for himself. He was so impressed that he borrowed one of Plott’s top stud dogs for a year to breed to his own bitches. This single cross is the only known instance of new blood being introduced into the Plott Hound since they first came to this country. Other crosses possibly took place around the year 1900. G.P. Ferguson, who was a neighbor of the Plott family in North Carolina in those days, was a major influence on the Plott breed. He made a careful study of the Blevins hounds and the Cable hounds of that era. To what extent he used these bloodlines in his Plott breeding program is not known. The Plott Hound was first registered with the United Kennel Club in the 1900's. Today’s Plotts are known for their great courage and stamina. They have a clear voice that carries well.
Appearance and Size
The Plott Hound should be athletic, muscular, and agile in appearance. It should be neither low-set and heavy, nor leggy and light: it has medium build. Its expression should be one of intelligence, confidence, and determination. Its skin should not be baggy like that of a Bloodhound. The Plott is a beautiful, strongly built yet moderate hound, with a distinct brindle-colored coat. His appearance suggests the capacity for speed, stamina and endurance. The Plott may have an identification mark on the hound used to identify the dog when out hunting. Such a mark is not penalized in conformation shows. The coat and color are fine to medium coarse in texture. Short or medium in length, with a smooth and glossy appearance. The National Plott Hound Association’s definition of the word “brindle”: “A fine streaked or striped effect or pattern of black or tan hairs with hairs of a lighter or darker background color. Shades of colors accepted: yellow brindle, red brindle, tan brindle, brown brindle, black brindle, grey brindle, and Maltese (slate grey, blue brindle.)” Grey muzzle accepted. Acceptable colors are any of the above mentioned brindles, or black with brindle trim. Some white on chest and/or feet is permissible. White anywhere except on chest and/or feet is a fault. Plott Hounds are approximately 22 to 27 in (50 to 71 cm) at the withers for males, (50 to 58 cm) 21 to 25 in for females. Males should weigh 23 to 27 kg (50 to 75 lb). Females should weigh 18 to 25 kg (40 to 65lb).
Personality
This breed is active, fast, bright, kind, confident and courageous. They are vicious fighters on game, have a super treeing instinct and take readily to water. They are alert and quick to learn. Voice is open trailing, bawl and chop.
Wikipedia and GNU
The content of this entry is from the Wikipedia article "Plott" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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Videos of Plotts
Bailey a Plott Hound howling at sirens
Bailey sometimes likes to howl at sirens. I love it, and finally got it in video!
Revert to Your Wild Side Hog Hunting
Son takes 160lb sow with knife!!!! Hog Doggin!!!! www.reverttoyourwildside.com
Friendly Advice - Mighty Joe Plum - With Lyrics
I have always liked this song. I couldn't find a video of it here; so I made one. Thoughts that would come to mind when I heard it would be along the lines of: Life changing events, the paths we travel, the stark contrasts between the many different lives that are lived here on Earth; and happy, running dogs; a metaphor, but nonetheless happy. Music by Mighty Joe Plum - Song: Friendly Advice - Album: The Happiest Dogs, 1997 Lyrics: Take some friendly advice try to be nice for once in your life Do the best t
June 30 2011 Smitty Shepherd Plott Hound mix Rescue Ridge boy.MOD
Smitty is a fabulous young boy! He is a Shepherd Plott hound mix and loves to run and go for walks. He is great with other dogs, kids and cats! He loves to swim, is very affectionate and playful, and is housebroken. He loves to go for car rides, too! Smitty is about a year and a half old and is looking for his forever home at rescueridge.petfinder.com
Sad dachshund and depressed Plott hound
My baby Wastegate is upset he can't sit with his mommy and Charlee is depressed she can't sit with daddy.
Training Treeing Walker Coon Hound Part 1
The first step actually came before this video; that is getting the dog interested in the coon hide. Play with the dog using a coon tail or coon hide. Don't leave the tail/hide in the dog's pen because then the dog will lose interest. Only use the tail/hide when you're present and playing with the dog. Before feeding is best, because then the dog thinks of feeding as a reward for playing with the hide. In this video, I leashed the dog up. I then drug the coon hide with a rope and hung it in a tree. I let th
Plott Hounds Running
Plott hounds running through our orchard. They are having a good time but also spreading their scent so the coyotes stay away.
Rocksprings: Day Training
Young dogs run a track and tree a fresh killed coon. Next we released a caged coon in the rocks for the same dogs. They had trouble working it out since it was so dry. We get it out for them and let them do their thing.
How to Care for Geriatric Dogs : Older Dog Diet Tips
Learn about diet concerns for older dogs and feeding them raw meat in thisfree video. Expert: Elise McMahon Bio: Elise McMahon has a Ph.D. in animal behavior, and has been working with both domestic and wild dogs since the early 1990s. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Training Treeing Walker Coon Hound Part 2
I loaded Spot back into the truck and drove about 100 yards into the woods. I then drug the coon hide again and put it up a tree to teach him to trail it. In this video, he trails it to the tree, jumps around a little bit, and looks back at me begging me to give it to him. Then he loses interest and runs around. Again, small improvements mean A LOT!!! PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE!!!
Training Treeing Walker Coon Hound Part 3
The next step is to teach the dog to bark at the hide. If you start this at home when you're feeding him it will be much easier! Teach him to "speak" for his food. Don't give it to him until he barks for it. Then when you're in the woods, you can get his attention with the coon and tell him to speak to it.
UKC Walker & UKC Plott Pups on coon 11-2011 ALL SOLD
For Sale UKC WALKERS & PLOTT PUP'S JANE LEW,WV 304-884-6613 PUP'S WITH THE FIRST COON UKC Walker Pups born 9-13-11 They are out of our Rig Dog SIRE 'PR' WEBER'S SMOKEY RIVER "WHISKEY" GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Right Hand Flyers Grizzly ... NITECH CH 'PR' Walker's Clearwater Cutter GRCH GRNITECH 'PR' Arnold's Hayes GRNITECH GRCH 'PR' Jordan's Knight Flyer GRCH 'PR' Lippers Hardwood Crank UKC DAM 'PR' WEBER'S CARLEY 'PR' WEBER'S HILLBILLY ATTACK GECH GRNITECH 'PR' Elvis Attack GRCH GRNITECH 'PR' Rat Attack We have t
Huckleberry the swimming with his mates Plott Hound
Huckleberry splashing around in the water with his mates. He got bit on the ear by the dalmatian, probably for trying to hump it (any sex, any end!)
Training Treeing Walker Coon Hound Part 4
The next step is repetition. Drag the hide and let the dog trail and tree it. Do it often and be patient. The dog, most of the time, will not learn as quickly as you'd like. As often as you can, spend time dragging hides for the dog. The more work you do at home with the pup before you take it hunting, the better the dog will be!!! More videos to come with time! This is the first time Spot treed a drag on his own with no coaching. 10/3/2011
Plott Hound Puppies
Six week old Plott Hound puppies exploring their world! They are getting used to the farm animals like chickens and our bottle fed lambs - learning to tolerate them. They are starting to show their herding instinct which is good and we monitor it closely to make sure it remains "herding" and not aggression toward the animals. The lambs in the video are all bottle fed and spend some time in the house so are used to the pups. If the pups get too close they get pushed back with a well placed head butt or foot
"Dogs playing" Mocha and Daddy
This is my dog Mocha (plott hound) and my bro in laws dog Daddy( chow husky mix) playing around. They don't do this too often so I recorded it.
Snow Dogs
clever pomeranian coaxes coy cat out into the cold snowy morning; erstwhile hound harangues precocious pup.
