This thread is shaping up to be a good one. I kept a bitch pup back out of a litter I bred last year, I have just started taking out bushing, etc. and she is taking notice,using her nose. I took her to an earth where there a fox had been seen. She started scenting around the mouth of the earth, I then encouraged her and she went to ground, not far but far enough for a pup that had never been or seen an earth before. So I am pleased with the way she is shaping up, I know that one swallow does not make a Summer, but you have to start somewhere.