Thats about spot on Shazza, I also have used and bred them that way. I found if you gave them plenty of work that the barking was ccut way down.
Back a while I bred a Ring 3 dog that was 27-28 ats to a NGA track bitch and had 9-10 pups they were handy here for the big game and several went to Canada. Here is one that ended up at 28ats 80lbs? love WTD
I would really like to get one of these from Canada n8salem@gmail.com