Also depends where you are, it's ok having all the time in the world to play with, but it's not much use if there is feck all game about, and you have no transport.
A lot of the best dogs you see about (and best 'dogmen') are/were blessed with a lot of game to go at, and as such get more experience in less time, and when you hitting stuff right, left and centre i guess it breeds a kind of obsession.
yee thats it init. .