I guess it is the way i grew up. we hunted quail with a pointer and a setter. we had a place in south dakota we hunted pheasants but did not use dogs. we hunted ducks never had a retreiver. we hunted doves no dog. we never hunted anything with furr except after the hunt in the local bars. i still think that dogs serve a specific purpose. that is why we have pointers, setters, britts, [gsps], (mostly pointer blood as of now) and retrievers. No one will ever convince me that a pointer can retrieve as well as a lab. likewise no one will ever convince me that a lab is a good bird dog. not in theremakeup
most drops make good pets some make good bird dogs