IF YOU ARE DUCK HUNTING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE WATER IS COLD DURING DUCK HUNTING YOU MAY WANT TO CONCIDER THE GWP INSTEAD OF THE GSP. I HAVE A GSP AND FOR HUNTING UPLAND GAME IT REALLY ISN'T A CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THE DOG IS RUNNING AND STAYING WARM BUT WHEN DUCK HUNTING AND THE DOG IS IN AND OUT OF COLD WATER AND THEN SITTING IN A BLIND NOT MOVING THE ADDED WARMTH PROVIDED BY A LONG COAT WILL HELP THE DOG STAND UP TO THE COLD.

DON'T GET ME WRONG THE GSP IF TRAINED CORRECTLY WILL HIT THE WATER WITH AS MUCH DRIVE AS ANY DOG BUT I HAD A BUDDY THAT REGULARLY USED HIS GSP FOR DUCK HUNTING AND THE POOR DOG WAS ABOUT WARN OUT BY AGE 6 AND ONLY LIVED TO AGE 9.

IN A WARMER AREA THIS MAY NOT BE A CONSIDERATION