I took a saluki lurcher type 26-27 inch down to a place on the south coast dog stopped everything he was slipped on quite easily to be honest same dog on big land would run with abit of style and boxiness force mistake out of things some dogs can run both and even without conditioning can run trying to kill but still have abit of blow. I just personally like to see a dog put some pressure on stuff as soon as it can but i seen some good animals that dont