Personally i've grown up with hunting , but my first taste of running dogs was when i was around 9, The local game keeper had two pure greyhounds & we ran & caught one hare on the lamp, I can honestly remember every second of that run & it was 18 years ago I can remember carrying it back on my shoulders too! although we as a family always had running dogs my first that was all mine was a little whippet cross when i was 13, the rest is history. How about you????