silent or open?????

cold nosed open mouthed hound that opens on cold tracks that the cur pups do not smell or get excited about IMO will teach the pups to not go to a barking dog after a few times of what they percieve is a lying dog...The hound is smelling and trailing a hog but the pups aren't.

I can see where a semi open dog that opens a little on a super hot track or opens a little with excitement when the hog breaks bay can help the pups to get started. The big dogs are calling the pups so to speak.

I am with TexasHogDogs. I like a dog that barks 2 or 3 times when he locates a good track and then shuts up. This calls the other dogs to him. When the hog breaks the dogs open some and then shut up even open a little every now and then is ok for me.