ORIGINAL: Havelockspartacus
Codydawg:
1. Why are you looking for a pointing lab? Pretty expensive to say the least.
2. The great Bill West(dog trainer) takes normal labs and teaches them to point.
3. When they breed pointing labs they are breeding certain things into and out.
4. If you want a dog that points you should buy a pointing dog. If you want a retriever than buy a retriving breed.
5. I have not seen too many pointing labs that I would feed!
1. Why not?
2. Incorrect, my friend -- Bill teaches them to "stand game" --
HUGE difference between pointing and standing game.
3. Please tell me what has been bred out? My PL got his first RETRIEVER Title at 16 months of age and his next title exactly one year later. He now has his Master Hunting Retriever Title.
4. And if a person wants ONE dog that does both, you have 3 choices -- GWP, DD or PL.
5. Then you haven't seen any decent ones. [8D]