Chuck Allen
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Registered: May 2012
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Re: Babbling vs. Silent
quote: Originally posted by honalieh
Babbling.
(1) I remember a strain of Blue dogs that was noted for babbling. As a result, UKC moved first tree points to 125.
(2) I know of a strain of Walkers (current) that is well known for babbling. They are more popular in PKC than UKC.
(3) Sometimes young dogs that really aren't ready or can't keep up will "dog track". This is not the same as babbling, but can have the same affect. I can see where people could see these dogs as babblers that won't tree their own coon. The reality is that they haven't been trained and broke.
Silent.
(1) I actually see more of this than I used to. Some may not be fully silent, but are still pretty tight.
(2) If you are hunting a silent or tight mouthed dog, an honest open trailer can be viewed as a babbler in comparison. The reality is that they are just open trailing dogs, and yes they will get strike over those that don't open at all, or open very sparingly.
Overall.
(1) Yes, there are some actual babblers, but they are not as abundant as some like to think.
(2) As people hunt younger dogs in the hunts, the dog tracking can be an issue. As far as strike points go, it can have the same affect as babbling, but it's not the same thing.
(3) With the prevalence of tight mouthed dogs today, the people hunting them will look at an honest striking open trailer as a babbler. In the hunts, an honest strike dog has the same strike advantage over a tight mouth dog, as the babbler has over an honest strike dog.
(4) Addendum: I can't see how anyone hunting (do you still call it hunting) off of buckets can complain about dogs babbling.
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