brendy,we are all guilty of this sin ,to slip a pup in to a run hare to get it started,it was allways the done thing here in ireland an all them top lads done it.sometimes when you get a bit older an want to want to go out an have a few runs,on land where you have permission you dont want to be killing your own sport,a few dropped rabbits does the same job,an when my pups are able an old enough let them out at a hare