Its not a bolting dog then. Its a digging dog.
And we're not talking about style of work we're talking about the job they do. The best digging dogs bay and stay.Theyre not all hard , mute things.And to me a bolting dog is one that will go in, rattle a foxes cage, get in their faces, take a step back or show a couple of times until the fox shifts its position and bolts. If the fox refuses to move then the dog will re-surface with no bolt occuring. If the dog stays for a period long enough to be dug out then it's not a bolting dog.