It needs to be well-socialized when it is still young with close contact to friends, children, and even strangers, to give it the best start possible for a good and long life in society. If well trained, the Picard usually will not hunt. In general it doesn't even have a strong hunting instinct. Picards that do hunt use sight more than smell. However, some lines do have stronger hunting instincts.
Some lines like to bark and do so frequently.
This can be a problem if you live surrounded by neighbors. If you are interested in the Picard and are concerned about barking and hunting, you should ask the breeder if their dogs tend to hunt or bark a lot . Intelligent, the Picard learns quickly but is a little bit stubborn and doesn't always want to learn. It is a real task to train Picards for any kind of dog-sport. Sometimes they are subject to fits of bad humor.