alt Hacker NewsPlott hounds also will square up with bears[1]. My childhood dog was a plott hound we adopted from the shelter and we quickly realized he could not be allowed near any other non human animal if we wanted that animal to still live.
Luckily we were in the sticks and had a decent plot of land so he could be out and exercise without putting anyone else’s pets at risk.
My first rescue hound was a Plott Hound. She had been pretty badly broken because of previous owners not treating her right. The only reason we knew her history is that she would frequently run away and was known to most of the dog officers within a 10-mile radius of her places of living.
We knew that Coonhounds had to be introduced to cats in a very carefully because they frequently confuse them for prey, and we succeeded. She integrated nicely into a household with five cats.
It's been decades since she's passed and I still miss her very much. I grew up with Black and Tan Coonhounds and had blues and Black and Tans as an adult. I miss them all.