Originally Posted by CarbonClimber1
We had a black lab in texas...i forget the bloodline...but they were specificallly bred to not only retrieve..but point quail also...we guided dove hunts alot and an occasional duck...also had alot of quail hunting..wr needed a dog that could do it all...buyin the pup,obedient school,pointing and retrieving scool....we had like $15k in her...shes magnificent when she wants to be...other times shes worthless...but a finer all around buddy...i love that dog..scary smart and acts like a person....to answer the ops question...id spend $150 on one of them gsp in the classifieds in a skinnit minute if we already didnt have too many critters...purty,purty,purty little critters


My chessie really wants to be a pointer. I haven't trained him at all for it and he just seems to want to do it. If only there were any quail left I might put some effort in.