Our male dachshund, Reuben, is a hunter. He patrols the yard a lot in warmer weather, but even in cold weather he still makes a quick round. He, and the female Reese, have a doggie door so they can go out whenever they want.
He goes out the doggie door, down the side yard, circles along the edge of the storage building, checking for critters, then goes out the the fence line, down the fence to the Koi pond, circles the Koi pond, looking for tasty bugs, then into the garden area for the Koi pond gardens and will get a drink on occasion. In the summer there are usually skinks (lizards) or toads to harass.
He then heads to the west part of the yard.
He has an actual trail he has made in the grass from going from the sidewalk where the trash cans are stored and that always get inspections for bugs, then to the tree ring, and on to the west flowerbed and fence line. The trail does disappear in the summer when I mow the grass. Right now the Bermuda grass is dormant, and just the shade grass fescue is green.