family/hunting dog

[fabsroman]

GSP,

My wife saw the LL Bean commercial that has a GSP pointing at a mailbox for the new LL Bean catalog and she thought it was a chocolate lab at first. I had to point out the subtle differences.

I have no issue with GSP's or pointers for that matter, they just wouldn't fit my style of hunting right now.

You also have to admit that some breeds have more of a tendency to be aggressive compared to other breeds. Not saying that a GSP has that tendency, but I think one of the issues was house/hunting dog. Not only what is good in the field, but what would be good at home.

Am I correct in saying that a pointer would need a lot more room at home than a lab? Then again, Nitro always, and I mean always, wants to go outside.

When I was about 16, I wanted a GSP really bad after we hunted with this awesome one that had won several field trials in the Maryland area. However, I didn't hunt waterfowl back then and did mostly upland and dove hunting. There is no doubt that GSP are great hunting dogs.