JiM
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Just a comment about these young dogs.
I have found that many , if not most of them, are a lot more open and even downright mouthy as one year olds and tighten up considerably as they progress, many to the point of being almost semi-silent on the ground. Janice Joplin especially comes to mind, wide open as pup. I well remember the first time I saw here go. I thought man, that dog won't last two nights with Marv Schmucker. Of course, the rest is history. By the time she won the World Hunt she was third or fourth strike and very tight on the ground. She remains that way to this day. Our Kate bitch was a first strike dog as a one year old and is last strike now.
Many times we are seeing these pups on the front end of their career and that is not the style of dog you end up with for the other 80% of their career. But first impressions are the ones that stick and often the only one we have.
Maybe I'm too easy but if they are hunting hard, fired up and treeing coons, I can give the rest of it time to develope. But if the mouth ain't there, it never will be.
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Last edited by JiM on 09-13-2012 at 04:30 PM
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