no problem with my lab on hair in home.

of all dogs i have seen in woods,at preserve,i see a lot of them,the only dog i see that can do it all ,not great but does it,is SMALL LONG LEGGED AMERICAN LAB.

as i said, setter is great for grouse,beagle for rabbits.
as for lab keeping up with setter,i already said that i feel the setter is better for grouse BUT lab iin my opinion hunts way i like dog to hunt.

no way SETTER is going to be the all around hunting dog,only 1 i feel gets CLOSE to being that, its the SMALL LONG LEGGED AMERICAN LAB.

now we have POINTING LABS,i dont like point as much asi like the FLUSH,its more exciting to me.

www.warriorsmark.com look at recent events section on menu,this will give you idea of how each dog did in our trails etc.