May I ask which shelter or what part of Tennessee? My 2nd out of three rescues was adopted from a shelter (the same my oldest was) before I started volunteering there. My girl was one of only two puppies surrendered and except for a cowlick on her shoulder, from her teeth to her tail she was and is a perfect specimen of a Plott hound (not that we knew at the time) and the more beautiful of two kinds of Plott hounds. The other sibling surrendered was significantly less beautiful, smaller, and even from her puppy teeth one could tell she wasn’t like her sister.
It was only less than a year that I began volunteering at that shelter I discovered that a few times a year 1 to 3 at the very very most puppies were surrendered.
I have also noticed that this shelter also has a few times a year 1-3 yo plott hounds surrendered back and almost all of them are not of “showing standard” (unlike how my dog would be if it wasnt for her cowlick - but with similar issues as this or like what I imagine her surrendered litter mate would have looked like as an adult) with comments about anxiety. I wonder if this is a coincidence and people not fitting with a Plott hound’s needs orrrr if there is a breeder that is producing stock with a line that is prone to this level of anxiety (the kind of level that they may be so mindful at home, but when they’re triggered while out, they can’t pay attention at all).
All about Plott Hounds.
That is what I did when I inherited my girl, who was a farm dog and not leash trained. I wanted to have back up in case she slipped out of her collar or I dropped the leash attached to the harness! She is also very scent oriented plus not a fan of other dogs so I found the leash attached at her chest to the harness to be very helpful. Kind of the equivalent of turning the runaway horse in a circle. She is now very good on her leash (still not fond of other dogs. Knows there’s no sense in trying to chase down the neighborhood kitty).
