Christy
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Re: Tight mouth...any idea?
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Originally posted by nhcooner2
Do any of you guys have experience with tight mouthed dogs? Any ideas why one dog is so tight and another boohoos? What is strange is that my dog is not tight mouthed all the time. I have noticed when it is really really dry out (powdery dirt) he is so tight mouthed that by the time he opens he is on top of the tree. As the night goes on, around 1:00 AM, he loosens up.
I am guessing that it is the quality of the trail. Wetter (dew) helps him pick the scent up better off the ground?
Somebody said he isn't "cold nosed", but I have seen the dog take a slow trail and put a coon up a mile away.
I have also noticed that he is mouthy in a light wind, but if it is dead still...back to quiet.
Any thoughts? At this point I am guessing, the dog is what the dog is, and there is no changing it.
TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DOG IS JUST USING HIS MOUTH ACCORDING TO WHAT HE'S SMELLING, AND IF YOU LISTEN AND REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE COONS HE'S TREEING VS HIS MOUTH AND HOW HE'S USING IT, HE SEEMS LIKE AN EASY DO TO TELL HIS STORY OF WHAT HE'S DOING.
WHEN IT'S DRY LIKE THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE SCENT FOR HIM TO SMELL AND TRAIL ON SO HE'S BARKING LESS BECAUSE HE'S HAVING TO WORK HARDER TO FIND THE TRAIL. AROUND HERE USUALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT - 3AM IS WHEN THE DEW FALLS, AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND FRESHENING UP HIS TRACKS ENOUGH TO WHERE HE'S GIVING MORE MOUTH.
COLD NOSED AND STILL MOUTHED ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT PHRASES. HE SOUNDS LIKE A DOG THAT CAN DO IT ALL FROM COLD, TO HOT, TO LAY UPS JUST BY THE WAY YOU ARE DESCRIBING HIM TRAILING.
THE REASON HE'S MOUTHY IN A LIGHT WIND IS HE IS WINDING. I BET IN LIGHT WIND HE RUNS WITH HIS HEAD IN THE AIR ALOT TOO. HE CAN SMELL IT GOOD THEN. AND IT'S PROBABLY LAY UP COONS HES TREEING THEN.
IF YOU HAVE TRAINED HIM TO BE A "STRIKE DOG" (WHAT I CONSIDER A DOG ON THE RIG STRIKING COONS) THEN HE IS USED TO USING HIS NOSE TO WIND THE TRACKS, NOT RUN ACROSS THEM.
HE'S JUST SIMPLY USING WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT HIM TO DO. BARK WHEN HE SMELLS THE TRACK, WETHER IT'S ON THE GROUND OR IN THE AIR, AND NOT IF HE DOESNT. WHICH EXPLAINS THE QUIET MOUTH ON STILL NIGHTS, THERE IS NO WIND TO CARRY THE SCENT FOR HIM TO SMELL.
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