I have 6 that are Plott x Catahoula, absolutely fabulous hog dogs. Mine are all silent.
Paul i always respect what you say, i have personally had horrible luck with them being silent for a year or more and then opening up randomly for no reason making me cull after all that hard work etc....how do you do it?
I really don't have any secret, but I do work all these dogs on cattle a lot when they are young. I do believe that a dogs first year at work wires its brain. So I spend the first half of a pups first year mostly working cattle. I "think" that might help. Those pups get to bay and hold cattle for hours and hours and they get real tired and they get real quiet. Or it could just be this line of dogs and all in the genes.
First year wires the brain.... I agree with Silverton's quote. Same with humans. They say that the younger the children are who take music lessons who play an instrument , have a larger than average communication nerve between the left/right side of the brain.
