Plotts

I picked up two Pocahontas pups a couple months ago directly from Mr. Eugene Walker. He is Pocahontas Plotts. The pups I've got are good looking and pretty heavy boned. Their look leaves no doubt they are hounds. They are 3 months old. I put a small pig in their pen a couple weeks ago. One bayed good while the other bobbed and weaved, but really never barked. They both caught after a couple minutes. Mr. Walker breeds for intelligence, speed, heart, and grit. He doesn't have very many dogs and is not a puppy mill. His dogs hunt. They are gritty as hell, but not suicidal. I saw a couple that he had in recovery from recent bear wounds they got during bear training season. I contacted him many months in advance and told him what I was looking for in a dog and what I would be using them for. He told me he would do a breeding that would fit the bill and contact me. He did everything he said he would and it was a pleasure visiting with him. If anyone wants pups from him better call him way in advance, he doesn't do many litters.

I've got two other Plotts that are coon bred. They look more like curs than hounds. One is out of "Trumbos Sandy Hook Smokey." She is a cull as a hog dog (no grit), but has turned into an excellent blood tracker (really doesn't even need blood). She will trail anything you put her on. The other is out of "River Bluff Brindle Cowboy Up." She is pretty gritty and whines on a hot track or when she sees one. She runs good with the other dogs and is doing good for an 11 month dog.

Consensus from the Plott men I've talked to is that Crockett Plotts, on average, are to slow for a hog race, but that when they get there something is definately fixing to happen.