no that's how i like my finished dog that trains good pups! They learn faster if the pups bond is good with the finished dog, so they know his bark!
Im gonna have to go with this answer. I've been hunting my Catahoula pups behind open blueticks, and the cats still remain silent. The hounds opening up seem to help the cats learn whats going on, and gives them a reference point to know where the hounds are in case they lose them.
So my opioion, if the dogs gonna be silent he/she will be silent wether dog they are hunting with are or are not.
I run a 4 ye old gyp half plotts 1/4 cur 1/4 bad w plotts and other open dogs her whole life and she is dead silent and never opens until her eyes are on the hog .also just my opinion going to the woods w all silent dogs is like going there w no dogs and just sitting on the tail gate. I like to hear a good race !!jmo
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