i have a half english half plott hound that was naturally silent and yes he was a cull from the guy i got him from not saying he is a bad dog he hunts hard and has the nose of a hound and other than being silent he was a jam up dog for the boy....far as training goes i know a guy who used to train his hounds (which were plotts
) to run silent with the use of e-collars he would teach them that they would get shocked if they barked onn their chain or kennels and eventually got them to whenever they were barking he could simply tone them and they hushed he eventually carried it over to hunting and them barking on track now he ddint do this over night this man put them time into his dogs and it reflected im not saying it cant be done because ive seen it with my own eyes but there comes a point where genetics take over...ther most consistent line of silent or should i say tight mouth houndsw would have tobe the michigan swamp rooster line of english i know several ppl who have had dogs off this line from completely different litters from different parts of the country that have been silent...one of those hounds is a topnotch coondog who only barks when he locates and when he trees
