Not uncommon, I have hunted with many supposed "pointing labs" and none pointed to a level to be distinguished as having any pointing in their bloodline. I know there are some labs that point but people hear "Pointing Lab" and believe this to be another category of lab and credit is being given to a breeding that is not accurate. I still say there is not a high enough percentage of these pointing labs being produced to label it as a distinguished sub category of a Labrador Retriever. Some labs point most will not. I think a truer description would be to say I have a lab that points instead of say I have a pointing lab since there is no such thing recognized officially outside of independent organizations with an agenda to push the idea and make the idea credible.