And experience is a great teacher.
One reason I don't want my retriever to point is the best Lab I ever owned. Tough as nails and would have rather died than quit on a retrieve. But later in his life, he started to point downed birds. I lost several ducks that dove in heavy marsh grass and pheasants that could outrun the old boy after he hesitated on the retrieve. This was back in the early 70's and we shot a lot of pheasants in Iowa. Not sure how / why he started that, but I didn't like it. Never will.