Hey DR ... IMO, every sporting breed has the latent potential to point. Most Non-pointing breed pups are either not encouraged to do so, or are outright broken of the tendency when first displaying it. It' s merely an interrupted step that most predators (canines genetic forebearers) use in an abundance of caution when tracking their prey and fearful of flushing it out of their reach. Even domestic house cats and the big cats of Africa will do the same thing.

My yellar dawg pup was 7 weeks old when he joined our family that included a 6 year old Llewellin Setter at the time. The pup was trained for NAHRA competition but also learned upland techniquest alongside my Setter. To this day, Cappy thinks he IS a Setter ... but just has a taste for waterfowl.