Monthly Archives: November 2009

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving.  I’m going to be playing a lot with Bella the German Shorthair and Leroy, my new nephew, who is a Blue Heeler.  I’ll show you some pictures of my Thanksgiving next week when David comes back to work.  Anyway, make sure your dogs get [...]

Hunters in the News

I promise you that we’ll start looking around the exhibit shortly but something came up today that we have to talk about.  David read me an article in the Sylva Herald about two local men that were sentenced to prison for poaching a bear.  David and I know a lot of hunters now and EVERY [...]

Plott Hounds as Pets

I guess before we do much more touring I wanted to talk to you about having a Plott hound for a pet.  I live with Jeannette, David, Ernie and the chickens on five acres of land a mile away from the highway.  People see me with David and they think they would like to have [...]

Let’s Tour Some More

Let me show you around a little more of the exhibit.  We talked about how we came over here from Germany and how Henry Plott came to Haywood County in 1800.  Back then it wasn’t known as Haywood County but was still called Buncombe County.  It didn’t become Haywood County until 1808.  Settlers actually started [...]