Closed Mouth Curs vs Open Mouth Hounds

I guess you could say we kind of have a situation similar enough to yours to understand where you are coming from. We have a gyp, Roxy that I probably gave a lot more patience than she deserved bc she was VERY high energy, and did not care about a pig until she was every bit of a yr and a half... not even in a bay pen. We now have a bmc that will bawl on a hot track. Roxy (the pup that showed no interest at first) responds extremely well to his bawls UNLESS she is on a hog of her own... and by that, I mean, she's looking at it's arse run from her or she is staring it in the face.

When we are roading them, and they start to get excited, I have seen him throw his nose up first, and I have also seen her outstrike him. A huge barrier for us was to hunt the two together enough before Roxy would stick with Rowdy. It was extremely frustrating at times, but she has finally began to stick with him when they hunt unless she is more confident in what she is doing than him- and that may not even be the correct way to describe it. Like I said, Roxy is very high energy, very anxious- when she works a trail, she works it fast. (Maybe because she is young, I'm hoping she will grow out of this.) BUT for whatever reason, i.e., age, experience, etc... Rowdy is slow and steady, but I want so bad for our younger dogs to learn from him. So to answer your question, I would say that just because you get an open dog or semi open dog, whatever breed it may be, do not be discouraged if at first they do not stick together - just keep hunting them! They will eventually learn what that bawl or bark means!!!