I wanted and had nothing but English Pointers for bird hunting for many years. We hunted them in braces from a jeep and nothing but Pointers made the grade for that. I still believe that no dog breed is better for bobwhite quail than the pointer. Probly, they can be broke as house pets too.

A few years ago, at 60 I was out of the bird dog owning business except for a Lab. Then I decided to break one more bird dog and chose an old man's foot hunting breed, a German Wirehair. Willy has been a joy to work with and for the hunting I do, she's just the ticket for me.

Nevertheless, the thread is about reccomendations for a household pet/pointing dog. Altogether I'll stick with my 1st suggestion of a small female Shorthair...Geo