I own 2 GSP's and they are total opposites personality wise and hunting wise. Like you stated, my older GSP would rather hunt than eat ONLY when he's hunting.....he's all business when he know we're looking for birds. But, he was raised as a house dog and when we're not hunting, he worships me! He's still bull headed but is a GREAT companion.

My younger GSP is really cool mannered and lazy, to be quite frank. He's a great great hunter when he knows we're lookin for birds but my honest opinion about him is that he would rather lay around and be a house pet. I think he gets this from his sire b/c the breeder said that the sire was strictly a house dog and "owned" the couch. This dog looks identical his sire and I think he got his manurisms from him.

However, at the same time, my dad has had GSP's in the past that were not sociable at all. I could be wrong, but I think it depends a lot on the sire and damn of the pups as to how they are around people. Further more, even if the sire and damn are not socialable, I think that if you raise your pup around a family and friends that they can become socialable. I love GSP's (obviously) but I think a lot has to do with which sire and damn they come from and how you raise them. Just my $.02