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Tom Sharp is here with AKC Reunite and he has a dog that
if you don't live in Western North Carolina might never have seen before
That's the Carolina Plott Hound. Exactly. That is Toby the plott hound
he was actually born and bred outside North Wilkesboro
North Carolina and he's a six month old puppy
so is about 50 pounds now he'll get to be about seventy pounds probably when
he's an adult
What makes the Plott Hound special what's the history? This breed descended
from
hound dogs that came over with German immigrants named "Plott"
a over the last 100 or 150 years
and they were bred in the North Carolina mountains
to run in the woods and hunt bear and boar
and these days a year they're used a lot for a hunting raccoons.
Look at him, he seems mannered like a like a Labrador Retriever, sorta, from
how I've met him. I've only met him 30 seconds but how is he manners?
Are they good with kids? We we have three kids
and he is terrific with them it helps if they're raised
we got him as a puppy to raise him around the children and that really helps
Do they naturally point? Do they naturally fetch? No, follows his nose
He's a hound dog. He follows his nose he smells a trail
is off and running. In other words as a puppy you need to wrap that leash around
your hand
yes because he's gonna be gone right but he's also a very sweet dog when he's not
running a trail, he's happy to lay at our feet
be petted and is just terrific if you work you work with all kinds dogs so you love
dogs
butwhat makes the plott hound special North Carolina what would it be about this guy
that
legislators would say yeah I'll make him the state dog. Well the history in North
Carolina that because they were really
created for the environment in North Carolina and it's a very distinctive
looking dog and it's the only one
who really was created in this state Are they a popular breed or a niche breed
More of a niche breed. I think that they are gaining in popularity they were
first recognized by the American Kennel Club just in the past 10 years
so that recognition will
increase their popularity. You see here he goes
If they're are two hundred year old so breed of dog, what took so
long to have
Plott Hound recognized. The way AKC recognition works
the breeders and the dog owners who have that breed
have to want to be AKC recognized and they want to breed to be
not just a regional
niche breed but a breed you can really find all over the country well that when
I did what I would not apply to the Plott Hound.
they have become more popular over recent years they're still
most popular North Carolina and Virginia West Virginia. Are they hard to spot in
the wild because I've seen, I've seen, hound dogs all my life that look sorta like that but
certainly weren't a Plott Hound, they were a mixture of all sorts of different
breeds of animals so how do you know you got a real one is that
Well, through the pedigree says that we know
on he came from a breeder who shows
andhunts their dogs in there had a few generations a Plott hounds and they
got their first bloodhounds from other people who have been breeding them for
generations so
it's through that heritage in and through the pedigree is that
For being so kind with the Plott Hound, with Tobey
tell us about
AKC reunite, why do we want to be part of that. AKC reunite is a not-for-profit
affiliate of the American Kennel Club
and we sell microchips to veterinarians and breeders
who put them in dogs and cats and horses and tortoises in birds
so that if that were to be found and taken to a shelter
they will call our 24/7 call center and we would get that pet back to its owner.
It will save a dog's life if goes to the dog pound and waits around too long. absolutely.
Tom Sharpe AKC reunite thank you so much for bringing Toby out. We got to meet a
Carolina Plott Hound. What a treat. What treat.