I mean no offense to anyone with this, but of all the breeds that I thought I would see listed.... the "Puddlepointer" may have been the last dog I was expecting! I have only seen one ever in the field and it was marginal at best, but that in no way is a knock on the breed. The listing did have me learn a bit about them and I thought their origins were interesting... a poodle and a Pointer mix. I am a big fan of versatile dogs.. so this cool to learn.

In MY humble opinion, among Flushers the Springer Spaniel has been my Perfect Dog. Among Pointing dogs, I really love the GSP's and Setter's.. which of these is perfect... it would really have to depend on the actual dog. I think having a few dogs that are unique is "Perfect"!

HISTORY OF THE BREED
The Pudelpointer breed dates back to 1881!
As might be gathered from the name, it's origins are in the English pointer and the standard poodle, a German rather than a French breed, known in its native land as the Pudel. It was a dog, which served many purposes including work as a retriever.
The beginnings of the breed go back to around 1881 when a Pudel bitch was bred to an English pointer, Tell, owned by Kaiser Frederick III. From that crossing came the first of the line, dogs which it was hoped would have the fire and drive of the pointer, the devotion to master and trainability of the Pudel. There were 15 original Pudel crosses and a total of 87 pointer crosses. Some of the back crosses to pointers became necessary because of depletion of breeding stock. Such crosses were made only with the approval of a special elected breeding committee.
The first specimen to arrive on this continent was Cati vom Waldorf, imported in 1956 by Sigbot Winterhelt and H. D. Hume. Since then many other specimens have been brought in, and a careful breeding program followed to maintain the desirable qualities of the breed and control production in North America. Culling has been severe.