[gspsonny03]

Well SD, All I can tell you is you will get whatever you put into your dog. It really doesn't matter what kind of dog you get if that dog is the dog that works for you. You have heard from the Lab section and some of them said that they wouldn't own anything else. I find that totally absurd. I'm like a kid in a candy store when it comes to dogs. Put me with a good dog and I don't care what kind it is. Oh sure, I have my preference, but I love to watch good dog work. Some say that the this dog or that dog is the easiest to train. It really doesn't matter unless you have the gumpshen to go out and do it everyday and that means everyday. You don't have to spend hours doing it everyday But you do need to do it a lot.

Some dogs are easier than others to train within the same breed. Quite frankly I would think that Labs would be a little tougher to train than a pointing breed for example, simply because you are asking them to do more things for you. For example: blind retrieves, double and triple retrieves, then you want them to hunt upland game on top of that, which requires tracking and scenting. This last could be ground scent or maybe you want him to air scent. Two totally different things. It takes a lot of work and patience to get a dog trained the way you want him, but I like doing it myself. Granted my dog wouldn't last ten minutes on a trial course, but I have him trained to my likes and he hunts for me and I wouldn't trade him for any Lab on this forum and there are some really great Labs on this forum that I would enjoy having. By the way if you want to know more about Pointing Labs, you might want to send Doc E an E-mail or a pm as that's what he has and it's one of the best. I'm sure he would be happy to help you out.

By the way I'm partial to GSP'S like Nulle. Whatever you pick there is lots of help here if you need it. Just ask away.

Good luck in whatever you decide. Pick a good one and enjoy.