i was born and raised with springers but have gotten into waterfowl hunting and am looking for a flusher/retriever. i have only seen a water spaniel and that thing was wired for hunting and veyr impressive. but lookin around on the internet i read that water spaniels can get pretty testy. is this true? also lookin around on AKC and on the recent post the boykin seems more family friendly. but i have not been around either breed enough to anything about them. any kind of advice or experience would be greatly appreciated.