Here in the hill country where i hunt i like a dog to open up 3 or 4 times when they hit a track it just makes my dogs pull togather better and pack up. When my dogs smell a hog they fan out trying to find where the hog went if you got dogs scattered out over 250 300 yards looking for where the hog left out and you got a dog to give a little mouth when he hits where he is suppose to it pulls them together ihate dogs scattered out chasing there own hogs. Here where i hunt there are so many obstacles for young dogs to get around like up bluff steep ledges where the young dogs get behind and if you got one thats gives a little mouth it keeps them intrested and movin forward. So yes i like to start mine with a dog that gives little mouth thats puts ahog at the end of it not a blabbing idiot that dont drive a track and stays right there trailing around