Originally Posted by
Doc E
Exactly who is it that says Labs are to be bred purely to be Flushers and not Pointers ?
The breed description says that Labs are Retrievers -- it says nothing about whether they should Flush or Point.
The good PL breeders breed to KEEP all of the things that Labs are famous for and to enhance the inherent (genetic) ability to point.
How about the person that only wants (or can have) only one dog ?
Personally, I love the fact that I can take my dog out and have him sit quietly in the Duck Blind and make icy retrieves and then take the same dog out and have him hunt, find, point and retrieve Upland game.
Me thinks you need to study breed descriptions and standards before you post up anymore nonsense.
UH HR MHR WR SR Black Forest Casey --- who also points.
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in todays world its too expensive and time consuming to have 2 dogs.
small american lab that points could be very nice thing .
lab just can do MORE than average dog can other than hunting.
that is what i like.
they are just AVERAGE all around dog that does things fairly good.
only part with lab is heavy coat that tires them out fairly quick in warmer temps.
they are 2 hr hunting dog unless you exercise them a lot and have stream around.
i hunt my grouse near streams but 2 hrs is most i get from toby .
