I'm not experienced but from what I've read on here most of the guys who are on here, I think, will say it's definitely worth trying.
If you can teach it to heel properly and it's not gunshy then at the very least it can be a mate to take out there with you, but you could probably set your sights a bit higher than that. Be patient and give it a go; there's a lot of guys on here that I'm sure would help you along the way.
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