My husband and I fostered a 3-4 year old female Plott hound for the weekend and she was a picky eater, despite our 2-3 hours or about 6 miles of walking per day. She ate nothing the first day (very un-dog like), but on the next two days ate most of 2 cups of food we gave her. After a morning jaunt, she would eat a cup and after the evening outing, the other cup. Your male would, therefore, probably not eat much more than that, two and one-half cups max.

Our plott is just fine w/ cats, it's how they are raised. We have 4 cats, a bunny, a lab and our plott and small children. They run our fields chasing each other but not aggressively, it's all play and having fun on the farm.

My Plott and cats don't mix at all.

how a dog is scocialized as a pup makes all the diffirence in how a dog will treat other animals.My " true plott " is good with other animals in the home. However if my cat was to get outside she would be spending a lot of time in a tree.He is gentle with pets and children in the home. but once he get his nose to the ground its time to hunt.He is not so much friendly with the cat as he is indiferent.

We have a three year old plott, who by the way is the best dog ever, and he does fine with our declawed cat. It took a bit of time but now they lay on the same bed together

Maybe Plott/cross bred. but my dealing wih true Plotts, bred in the mountains of North Carolina, ex: Crockett's, Blevin's, Ferguson's, Cables, will not tolerate house cats. These dogs have been bred for hunting big game.

Mine is great around my 3 cats. 2 are 12+ in years and the other 2 year old cat plays hide and seek!! Can be very respectful.

A cage with a top on it and extra locking device is a must for a Plott hound. My sister had a similar problem with her border collie and had success with that. I do want to share the same frustration. I am a volunteer at the local Humane Society and often take training classes with the shelter dogs. My current foster dog is a three-year-old female Plott Hound, and she has escaped from the shelter three times, twice over a six-foot fence with volunteers and staff standing right there. She has also squeezed under the fence because she is so agile. Orders are for all of us to keep her on a leash. She has a harness for training class and even tries to roll around and take it off--hence her nickname Houdini. For a shelter dog, she gets lots of walking and jogging with me: four times a week for 1-2 hours. Despite exercise, Stella is not to be trusted with sticking around. My husband and I would like to adopt her because she is cute and so good with people and children, but we cannot deal with constant worry of escape. We would have to redo our four-foot fence totally to prevent that. Good luck! jioc

Sounds like her diet??