Adam, of course a house dog makes an nice hunting dog, a: quality time,B:you can work on obedience and retrieving. I'm sure that alot of people will disagree, but you send me a pup, and you send someone else a pup, i'll keep in house, they don't you will see the difference between the two, in 1 mo. or even 2. Honestly. Here's a good GSP www.dellingersdogs.com, This man is a retired vet. Hes located next to gainesville Georgia, i've helped out on several of his gsp, and brits. Nice, nice gun dogs. Thanks Jonesy