your mate talks shite .sorry I agree with him I had a saluki/ghd bitch a few years ago she was a nightmare till she was 3 ,my son inlaw has one now and she was hard work too ,I have some dog pups left should be easy to bring on , good allrounders there is a post on here. atb BBits all about time. You put the time in . You get back tenfold. Mine are steady as rocks so are the lads who I go out with. .