RE: poor judgement in breeding
Short-range is absolutely on-point (parden the pun) here. Every single dog we now enjoy the pleasure of hunting behind are the product of cross-breeding (albeit many years ago). If you don' t believe this look back on the history of the domestic dog and trace the roots. Had not others experimented early on we would not have the bird dogs that we enjoy today.
Again, not defending the individual who is advertising pointing labs as this is clearly a stretch before the litter has been evaluated. Let' s just not be too quick to condemn the practice of cross-breeding before we examine a bit of history!!