Pointing Labs
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: Pointing Labs
Several may disagree but I guess I'm just an old fashionpointin' dog guy. To me these double duty dogs end up being not very good pointers, or retrievers. I think you are better off going with one dog type or the other. I've seen plenty of pointing dogs that will retrieve upland birds very well.
This week-end we were quail hunting along a river. We were hunting a pointer and two GSP. We knocked a bird down in the water and one of theGSP's swam out and got it. It's training and desire. IMO
This week-end we were quail hunting along a river. We were hunting a pointer and two GSP. We knocked a bird down in the water and one of theGSP's swam out and got it. It's training and desire. IMO
#3
RE: Pointing Labs
thanks for the input. I am sure I will be getting a lab that is what my wife wants. I saw a lab point out in the CRP that we were hunting and ever sence that I fell in love. bottom line is finding the birds both before and after.
#5
RE: Pointing Labs
IMO, for the most part; the notion of the pointing lab is nothing more than smoke and mirrors used by some lab breeders to sell some pups. Marketing hype. I say for the most part because I've spoken to some lab breeders that make some pretty hefty claims regarding their dogs and I haven't verified it.
My brother is in the process is getting a dog from Sauk River Retreivers... http://www.saukriverlabs.com/
We'll see how it comes out.
Personally, I could never live with a labs anyways, pointing or flushing; so I just couldn't see myself getting on the bandwagon. I'll wait for the Elhew English Flushers to come out.
Good luck
My brother is in the process is getting a dog from Sauk River Retreivers... http://www.saukriverlabs.com/
We'll see how it comes out.
Personally, I could never live with a labs anyways, pointing or flushing; so I just couldn't see myself getting on the bandwagon. I'll wait for the Elhew English Flushers to come out.
Good luck
#7
RE: Pointing Labs
ORIGINAL: eelriver
Several may disagree but I guess I'm just an old fashionpointin' dog guy. To me these double duty dogs end up being not very good pointers, or retrievers. I think you are better off going with one dog type or the other. I've seen plenty of pointing dogs that will retrieve upland birds very well.
Several may disagree but I guess I'm just an old fashionpointin' dog guy. To me these double duty dogs end up being not very good pointers, or retrievers. I think you are better off going with one dog type or the other. I've seen plenty of pointing dogs that will retrieve upland birds very well.
He's a hunting and retrieving maniac and he will point with the best.
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mn.
Posts: 3,399
RE: Pointing Labs
Here areacouple of Sams Down line.....
cork of scharbers.........champion + nat champion
tara of valhala.......fc.afc
image of peach.........kellog line
weikenlin jb benson.........(just says)many champions
Image and benson......sire and dam
cork and tara......sire and dam
and the list goes on but point being is his line has alot of FC/AFC in it.....and peach brought in the kelloge line......
and then I wounder why all he wants to do is retrieve .......Thats his life.....
cork of scharbers.........champion + nat champion
tara of valhala.......fc.afc
image of peach.........kellog line
weikenlin jb benson.........(just says)many champions
Image and benson......sire and dam
cork and tara......sire and dam
and the list goes on but point being is his line has alot of FC/AFC in it.....and peach brought in the kelloge line......
and then I wounder why all he wants to do is retrieve .......Thats his life.....