Well id get mine out at every oppertunatie, Not try to hunt/catch game but learn the ways from lead walking right up too stockbroken, I wouldnt take my pup on a days flushing ect ect,
But ferreting to a certain exsent, mooching, walking yip it would be there learning what to do or what not to, No i wouldnt lamp it till 9/10 old but by then EVERYTHING iv done inbetween hopefully will stand in good stead,
Fcuk me leaveing a pup to 8 mnth old in a kennel what do you really expect out of a young saplin that anit see a THING , Nope anit my way