I teach my dogs to work the lamp first, this works for me I find the lamp is a great way to enter a dog and the dog stands a better chance of success, most dogs take to lamping well,once you get them going on the lamp you can start hunting in the day and ferreting, the worst thing in a lamping dog is 1 that's hunts at night, how ever taking rabbits that have just jumped Into the hedge and sat there does require some nose work at times! And a dog that masters that art brings more to the bag, as does a good lamp man, knowledge of the ground you hunt and where the rabbits are likely to be and run