Message #158132

[firemedic]

Here's my experience with this silent/open thing. I have 2 cur dogs, one that is totally silent unless she's looking at a hog. My best dog is silent unless the track is super hot, then she may yip just a bit, but 95% of the time she doesn't say a word until she sees the hog. Now I hunt these dogs with a pack of hounds that are open on track.....most are Plotts and I've hunted my dogs with them for over 2 years and it hasn't affected either of my dogs one bit, they're right now just like they were when I started hunting them with the open hounds.....for what it's worth, that's what I've observed myself.