Hi mate, you say you are in touch with this lad, and didn't answer my question about whether or not you have been out there and seen the dogs run, to gauge whether they are in fact the sort of thing you are after.
I only ask this as every country has a different style of hunting, and until you see it, you just don't know.
I'm planning on doing something like this myself at some point in the future so just interested, and not knocking your approach.
It just seems like a fair amount of money and a bit of a chance, if you haven't seen this type work their own terrain.