I shoot (rabbits, woodpigeons,pheasants,rats, corvids, with shotgun, .22rf and air rifle). I also ferret and use a lurcher (well hopefully i will again soon, the last one died, the new one isn't 5 months old yet). I loved nothing more than seeing my old lurchers and whippets working, not just chase and catch but having to use their noses or work things out and if a rabbit or hare was brought back at the end all the better, if not it didn't matter. To get a dog to a standard of obedience where it will not look at a ferret that comes out of a hole and will not disturb nets or that you can call o