micheal spiehler told me that he (and this was just his opinion) that he thinks a plott hound doesn't have as much hound vs like a bluetick, walker, etc..
he said that is probably why a plott tends to be more closed mouth than other hounds..
again...this is just his opinion and what he personally thinks....just want to clear that up. i don't want any rumors getting started.
we were talking about my buddies plotts, and that all his plotts are completely silent. I've personally never seen some plotts that quiet. He's got some good blood in his pack.
my bluetick has got the biggest mouth ever...
she was completely wide open when i got her. as soon as she hit the ground, she would start bawlin' then she would bump here and there sometimes worse than others. she gets super excited when she has been on the chain for a while. after she hunts for a bit, she settles down (closed mouth) a good bit while she hunts. she does real well with my closed mouth dogs. at first it seemed to be messing up my other dogs hunting. a lot of false alarms you might say.
after a couple of hunts we all (me and the dogs) learned to distingush between her real strikes and (im happy to be hunting bawls.)
recently, she has been keeping her mouth shut pretty good. however, she is still wide open on track. as soon as she strikes, believe me when i tell you, your definetly gonna know it.
I can't complain though, her voice is the reason why i bought her. Besides, she has a perfect record. we haven't lost a pig since we got her. might take her a while to work it out, but in the end, she finds the pig.
this makes me wonder....just how good is her nose compared to other hounds. ive read a lot, but would like to her your opinions as well.
