Curious on what you look for in a puppy!

When I picked up my plott pup the other day I didn't want to be there very long. Long drive. We went to the puppy pens and they were all good lookin little suckers. All were friendly and playful. Nobody cowered. Everybody was in good shape too. One pup stood a couple feet back from the gate and looked at the handle. Then he would look at me. Then at the handle and back at me. The other pups were climbing on the fence and wrestling and looking at us and bumping into this pup that was staring at the gate handle and back at me. So I picked him. The pup before him I ordered from Colorado. I told the guy to pick the darkest one and put it in the crate. Then it rode a plane to Austin. If you can't be around them for any amount of time I try to find an excuse why I picked the one I did. Makes me feel better if it doesn't work out.