Looks to me like he's contributing...he's scrounging dead fall while you're cutting, thats a good set-up-got his winch cable and everything ready to go!
I once had a hound called buddy. He liked to watch Pauly Shore on TV. He would come on MTV and start out by saying Hey Buuuddy. My buddy was sure he was talking to him.
My kinlin box behind the woodshed after the Hounds figured out some critter had taken up residence in it. I just let em have at it, no harm.