Originall posted by MUSTAD:
Agreed there are EP's born with the desire to retrieve. There are even those born with the desire to swim. The difference is you don't have a group of EP owners marketing the notion of a Retrieving Elhew Pointer. They know what they have and stick to their guns.
Actually yes there are lines of EP that are "marketed" for having retrieving desire. A friend of mine, that also has PL's, sought one out and bought it. It very nearly passed a retieving test. Smoked the water marks, lost track of the third land single and quartered the field...... As he says, why not have a dog that can do both?