"Hunt open hill and forest all day, finding fox using its nose, so for me nose is very important." That's my idea of a good fox dog - one that's able to work things out for itself. For me a dog must have a good nose.
sight hound and scent hounds .............theres a reason for the different names but cross them together and you can have a very good fox dog ....................as seen in andrews fox hunting with lurchers by day..................(before the ban)
do you find can you lamp with that type of dog too?
total different ball game but i exspect they could but there bred for