My opinion is it wont have any effect on the pups. We have been running our pups with a buddies plotts and his pups are open and ours are not. I think it has more to do with each individual dog. I don't buy into the open dogs making a silent dog be open and vice versa.
I have been told by a couple of guys that run hounds or hound crosses that being raised with and running with silent dogs can have an affect. If they dont hear a dog opening, they dont seem as inclined to oipen themselves. But again, there is really no way of knowing . And it still dont keep me from wondering.
