Message #166985

[jsh]

I THOUGHT I had a silent hound until about two months ago.  This dog is in his prime, 5 years old and for whatever reason very recently started opening up.  I ran him with another dog that was semi open and that's all it took.  Now it may be just coincidence that it happened, but that's the only reason I can figure out why.  I don't think you can determine them silent at a certain age based on my experience.