Something I want to add, be careful of Terriers, they are generally strong willed anyway. If you lean on them to much they can get either neurotic as heck or mean as heck or both, borderline mentally ill. They are usually nervous, busy and high energy anyway.
I'd consider training him to recover (come back to you and heal) as a real achievement. Or training him to go to ground (lay down where he is at and freeze) as a very real achievement. They make two tone whistles for this.
Lurchers can make good flushers. Especially the really curious, busy ones. They often do better Hare and Pheasant Hunting than your typical Pointers or Retrievers do. They tend to flush those stay at home types who refuse to flush until you are right on top of them. A really busy Terrier can cover a lot o brush in a hurry and tend to bore right into the thickest parts. Nose isn't everything. A mixed pack of Pointer/Retrievers and Lurcher/Terriers usually works out well. At least as long as the Dogs get along OK.
If you can get a Terrier not to bite and latch on, they make decent Hog dogs. The trouble is they tend to latch on and hold on and get hurt. They usually learn to harry and not bite and hold on the hard way, if they survive the first couple of encounters.
That high shrill bark they have seems to drive game crazy and make it want to bolt, even when other dogs braking doesn't do the trick.
Last edited by MudderChuck; 06-07-2015 at 07:23 AM.