I put a deposit on a new GSP pup.

[Jabba]

No worries. I'd never put down another mans dog.

I have had labs all my life. They are fine dogs, but do not suit my life style and hunting habits as well as a shorthair. I do not waterfowl much, and when I do it's the Early Sept goose season. I hunt hot weather a lot, and it bakes the labs to hunt in that.

And most of my labs have just been stinky and shedding monsters in the house. My dogs are 95% house pets and 5% hunting dogs. I mean they are bred and trained toh unt, and are good when we do it, but they live in the house all year long and are part of the family. For me, they just do not leave the hair piles and stink that the longer haired, more oily labs do.

Plus in Indiana, the winters are a lot milder. A LOT.

Jabba