We came across this site and it describes my dog ( I say that cause she doesn't go any where without me)

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/plotthound.htm

I had never heard of a Plott Hound before. But after reading the site and looking at the pictures she's definately a pure bred Plott Hound. She treed a coon in our front yard a few weeks ago and I have seen her go after deer in the bean field behind us. Definitely explains a lot about how she acts.

We had been trying to figure out what kind of a breed or mix she was since she showed up here last winter.

So I have a pure bred Plott Hound which are rare in this part of the country and no one ever came looking for it or even posted and ad in the paper. Fine by me, she's part of the family now.