Plott hound theory

T Bob, I think you are right on the money. This is just my opinion but there is no documented proof That Johannes Plott even brought dogs on the boat with him or if there is, I would sure like to see it. The Plott like so many of the cur breeds are a American bred dog whose ancesters came from Europe being bred for the purpose of whatever the individual wanted. Back in the mid 80's Taylor Crockett did tell me that the old time Plotts were referred to as curs and they were more of a multi purpose dog. Bob Plott explains it pretty good in one of his books where the dogs started getting more houndy.
When UKC registered them, they registered them as Plott Hounds and I do think the Plotts of today are definitly more hound like then curs. When they registered the Leopard curs they wanted them to compete with the other 5 hound breeds and registered them as Leopard Hounds. It is all about the money and now they register about anything.
If you put your life,sweat and blood into these dogs, yeah they are probably going to be called by the name or kennel of the person breeding them and rightly so whether it is hounds, curs or dogs. lol