Silver,my best pure hunting GSP I ever owned, Gunner(Gunners Flying Warlord) was a swimming fool. I would train him all season and in the summer, we would use ponds and lakes with water deec's so he didnt over heat. GSP have partially webbed feet so they are built for being around and in some water.

Seems to be the trend to cross train and hunt different breeds, labs for upland birds, pointers for water retreival, as long as the dogs and owners are happy then its all good. Nothing like watching a dog do what it was bred to do though, watching genetics and Mother Nature in action in pups is a pretty awesome sightno doubt.