If you want to do more than run raccoon or coyotes, consider a German Wirehair. They are considered a versatile gun dog. They are great bird dogs, tracking dogs, water retrievers, blood trailers. I have friend that uses his on upland game birds, ducks, geese, bears, cougars, coyotes, raccoon. I have two myself, but mostly hunt coyotes by calling. I am considering training mine to run coyotes.