We took him out without any training and let him run about the woods..he cut loose a couple times and let out some barks and could tell he was following a trail..now what the trail was is unknown bbut he likes to stay in about a 75 yard radius of us..he got into the thick stuff and he is lightning quick nose on the ground the entire time..so he runs good and follows trails..now just have to get the rabbit scent in him and I think he'll be one heck of a dog