TBT,

The "supposed" breeding program that you mention has been in place for how many years? 56? more? less? Let's assume it's 56 as I believe this is verifiable.

Let's also assume that you can define what you want out of a gun dog.

Now, take two sets of dogs. One starts down the path where the dog can be bred to another dog of the same type. No other standards are met.

The other set has standards that need to be met before a dog can be deemed breedable. These standards have an exact match to the definition you have made to what you want out of a gun dog. In other words, in order for any of these dogs in the second group to be deemed breedable, they MUST meet a minimum level that matches your needs of a gun dog.

Do you think that over the course of 56 years of breeding both groups; that you will see any difference in the level of consitency of one group to meet the needs already defined over another?

Cheers,