Bruce m. Conkey
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Sleepy Head your question is a good one but I think the answer might be different for the different circles you hunt your dog in.
I am from the old school and pretty much blamed every thing on genetics which meant I had to learn which line and which breed I wanted to hang my hat on. With that said, it seems like what now was isolated to one breed concerning a health issue or bad manners such as babbling. Is closing the lines of the breeds and affecting all on them which points to some common non genetic issues that need to be addressed.
From the circle of pleasure hunting and using genetics. I saw it more often with Blue ticks. 50 year ago we felt it could be a learned behavior more than a genetic one. Hunting a dog that couldn't keep up was one things we tried not to do. Turning a dog out from a truck consistently on hot coon. Hunting from a boat and only hitting the shore when you see a coon. All these things tend to gear up the dogs to knowing it's time to start barking.
My biggest disappointment is people actually wanting the automatic strike dog. I don't care how you slice it or how many wins it produces. It is just something I don't want my dogs doing. Many dogs of today have a hair trigger when it comes of opening on a honest track which gets confused with one babbling at times.
You also have to describe babbling or could have a couple definitions of babbling. Dog just running and barking. Dog barking at the scent of a dog ahead of him. Many dogs that are competition hunted if held back for a second when dogs are released will bark till it catches up or heads its own way.
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