"Sounds like they'd be a great base dog with which to work, presupposing they're not gun shy or easily distracted by strange & new sites or sounds. Is the dog kennel and leash trained? These will be super important post Z-Day. If they can do all of this under pressure, you're good to go Conmiro! This article series probably won't benefit you much.

If your dog is gunshy, this is where it gets complicated. 90-95% of animals are afraid of thunderous bangs, dogs included. Breaking this is difficult (that's an understatement) and some dogs refuse to break. It's harder with older dogs too. I've done it before, but its time consuming and frustrating to an entire household... I call it "noise therapy." There's not enough room to explain it here, but I can in PM if you find that your dog is gun shy."

"Jump dogs like any of the small breeds of terriers (Jack Russel, Rat, Bostons) will get down in a ditch, fence row or edge of a woods and jump rabbits out of the brush. Jack Russels will enter a hole and come out with ground hogs bigger than they are. Mountain curs will tree squirrels. A Beagle while loud will jump a rabbit and run him around in a circle and bring him back.

Airadales and Irish Wolfhounds are good at bringing down bigger game and bringing large game out into the open.

My own experience has been with bird dogs. I've competed in everything from shoot to retrieve all the way up to horseback shooting dogs and the all age division. If you have any questions about controlling a dog from a distance be sure to drop me a PM LJ.

Man and dog have had a working relationship since the dawn of time and dogs are the most adaptable animals on the planet. "

" Oddly enough, I've had a considerable amount of trouble with Quincy at distances beyond 50 yards or so. She tends to get a wild hair and go nuts with a fresh scent when she's got some lead on me. "