Me personally? i may dable in hunt classes or a working certificate if there are some around (I actually did take a hunt class with Rocky, he failed LOL) but it wouldn't be my main interest.
OHHH I had no idea hunt trials were not AKC. Interesting. I hope to get out and see various events over the next year, volunteering and such. Obedience, Agility. Hopefully Hunt and Field as well. Since I'm not competing I have more time so it's a good time for me to learn. I'll read up on them.
I dable in sports and pick what the dog likes. I did Flyball with Rocky (ok that was more for me LOL) and rally-o (he has his novice title) and he was a therapy dog. Hunt training was a fail. Dock Diving was a fail. Had scenting and Ratting came along earlier in my area he would have liked that, we did some seminars-class in both in the last two years and he seemed to enjoy them.
With Penny it was dock diving and agility. She just loved them. I was trying to get into more "controlled" disciplines like Rally-O as well and maybe work up to a CGN but that was going to require lots of training (she loved jumping on people and was quirky sometimes on leash with other dogs). Similarly we were going to do more luring-ratting, cani-cross and skijore. She had a novice trick dog title. I had her less than 3 years so we didn't get very far into many sports. But...we tried quite a few and were making good headway into agility
PERSONALLY i love agility. Cani-Cross because I run anyway. And I love trying various sports in general. oh and trick training
I like a dog that loves to try things, and we'll do more of what clicks best. I want a dog in good physical condition to do all that, but happy to be lazy the rest of the day. Temperament is really more crucial though.