ORIGINAL: LKing
Doc E - Why must a lab have the ability to point in order to be versatile? Wouldn't a nice working flushing lab that will bust its butt to retrieve on both land and water, steady to wing and shot, etc... also get the job done?
"Versatile dog" is a definition from the European (particularly German) "versatile" dogs -- it's not my idea, it's just how it is.
I LOVE Flushing dogs as well as Pointing dogs -- the "dog world definition" of versatile includes pointing as well as hunting both fur and feathers.