when toby my lab was say 1 year old he started pointing.some called it STANDING.
i can tell you this,IF I HAD USED A ROPE ON TOBY AND TRAINED HIM TO WHOA ON BIRDS,i promise you he would have pointed every bird .
just yesterday i have toby pointing a red fox from inside my home.
i took his right foot and lifted it and said,POINT.i did this 4 times.
now last night i came out and turned on the back porch light.
there was fox.
i looked at toby and he had his right leg up to his side in staunch point. no moving.
that quick he learned to lift his right leg and HOLD that position.
labs are one of best dogs i have ever had or lightly trained to hunt.
if i knew how to put tobys pick on here, i would show you him pointing.