I could be wrong but I think the Plott is one of the hound breeds that created the Catahoula Leopard hound.
Wildly different origins made two incredibly awesome breeds :)
History
In 1539, when Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida and began his expedition through the Southeastern United States, his scribes noted there was only one species of domestic animal in North America: the Native American’s dog, who looked like a wolf but barked like a dog. These native dogs were crossed with the “bloodhounds, mastiffs, and greyhounds” brought by the Spanish explorers. In Northern Louisiana, the Native Americans called these new dogs “Wolf Dogs.” Once the French arrived with their hounds, they were crossbred again, resulting in today’s Catahoula Leopard Dog.
How the Catahoula obtained his working instincts is another story: The early settlers of Central Louisiana, specifically the Catahoula Lake area, used these crossbred dogs to pen and catch the wild hogs and cows that were rampant in the area, and this practice turned into a planned method of managing the wild herds. The Catahoula developed a unique way of working the stock that sets them apart from other herding and working breeds; they create a “canine fence” around the herd, and within this “fence,” the wild herd is directed by the dog’s master. This natural working instinct is of the utmost importance to Catahoula Leopard Dog breeders. Regardless of appearance, he must have these working instincts to be a pure Catahoula.
I don’t understand why the idiot AKC calls them “coon hounds” when they were created for bear and boar.
https://puppytoob.com/plott-hound/
Either way, both dogs are magnificent!
Today I saw an Australian Cattle Dog waiting in a car and admired him greatly, but then felt sorry for him because the car had a DEM oval sticker.
Poor dog.