This is why GSPs and the Continentals can be bitey, too:
"The best ones are "sharp""
Get a dog from a proven breed that has produced countless generations of proven hunters.
A lot of the harder-to-find breeds are hard to find for a reason.
And it's not because they've consistently produced awesome dogs.
BTW: a dog-trainer/lover friend of mine talks a lot about consistency.
The proven breeds consistently produce good dogs. You can get a good bird dog out of any "sporting" breed.
Every pup is a roll of the dice, and your odds of getting a good bird dog increase tremendously when you focus on breeds that have produced large breeding stocks of proven hunters. (I would say field-trial proven hunters.)
That's why labs, springers, setters, & pointers are good choices.
OWD
Last edited by obsessed-with-doubles; 08/24/11 03:19 PM.
