Versatile hunting dog?

[Antares]

There are only 2 breeds constantly worth their salt as a do everything, Upland, Waterfowl, House Dog, Family Dog, Intruder alarm etc.

1. Lab
2. Chesapeake Bay Retriever (CBR) if you can handle one.

I have 4 Black males and 1 Yellow male at the moment.

That explains why you see so many labs at NAVHDA events...

 

[medvedyt]

There are only 2 breeds constantly worth their salt as a do everything, Upland, Waterfowl, House Dog, Family Dog, Intruder alarm etc.

1. Lab
2. Chesapeake Bay Retriever (CBR) if you can handle one.

I have 4 Black males and 1 Yellow male at the moment.

my griffon and the family disagree with you ....

 

[medvedyt]

Not a versatile dog and i would have lost the bet i didnt think my dog had it in him to kill a cat. Well last night he proved me wrong and delivered the damn thing to hand. Guess that will keep the damn cat from tearing up the garbage any more.

it did not take that much for a dog to become wild again ...

 

[Quailchaser410]

@Quailchaser410

Not to laugh but can you tell us the story about the cat and how that went over. I bet you were in the dog house. No pun intended

Me and my wife’s dad are earily more similiar to brothers than the SIL/FIL relationship. He told me to throw it in the woods and blame it on the coyotes. Unfortunately, the dog brought it to me on the porch and my wife discovered the truth. Her sister is in college and just left but the bright spot was I no longer had to worry about my dog eating the cat. We got it over with.

 

[Quailchaser410]

The girls were inside and we were on the back porch enjoying a bourbon. They live on enough land that I usually just hook the dogs up on the GPS and let them run for a little bit. She brings back coons, possums, and armadillos (and cats) pretty often.

 

[BucksNBulls]

That explains why you see so many labs at NAVHDA events...

It is not a test for retrievers. Your point is meaningless.

 

[KurtR]

That explains why you see so many labs at NAVHDA events...

I mean the fact they are not allowed to compete and title might be a reason. The srs is open to every breed

 

[BucksNBulls]

I mean the fact they are not allowed to compete and title might be a reason. The srs is open to every breed

SRS events have only been won by Labradors.
But the following breeds have all competed.

CBR
Golden
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Flat-Coated Retriever
Curly-Coated Retriever
English Springer Spaniel

• American Water Spaniel
• German Shorthaired Pointer
• Cocker Spaniel
• Irish Setter
• Vizsla
• Bloodhound
• Border Collie
• Pointer
• Standard Poodle
• Australian Shepherd
• Belgian Shepherd
• Bernese Mountain Dog
• Newfoundland
• Patterdale Terrier
• Phu Quoc Ridgeback
• Basset Hound
• Beagle

So again, using the NAVHDA makes @Antares point, pointless. The SRS series results proves my point.

 

[medvedyt]

is SRS stands for super retriever series? in that case it means only related to retrieving contrary to versatile? english is not my first language but still.

 

[Antares]

The SRS series results proves my point.

"Retrievers winning retrieving events proves retrievers are the best versatile dogs" is the type of logic I would expect from a lab owner.

P.S. I'm just funnin. Don't get your feelers hurt.

 

[KurtR]

"Retrievers winning retrieving events proves retrievers are the best versatile dogs" is the type of logic I would expect from a lab owner.

P.S. I'm just funnin. Don't get your feelers hurt.

I completely agree. Retrievers retrieve pointers point and versatile dogs do it all just not at the level the dogs do bred for one specific task.

All dogs wish they were labs and all labs wish they were black.

It’s all fun.

 

[KurtR]

is SRS stands for super retriever series? in that case it means only related to retrieving contrary to versatile? english is not my first language but still.

Your right but I was told the versatile dogs can retrieve as good as labs and compete at retrieving games at the same level.

 

[BucksNBulls]

"Retrievers winning retrieving events proves retrievers are the best versatile dogs" is the type of logic I would expect from a lab owner.

P.S. I'm just funnin. Don't get your feelers hurt.

Except your NAVHDA doesn't allow labs to compete. You ever wonder why? Because they would be the only winners of that also. That's why.

My logic makes a lot more sense than your logic of using an event to compare to a lab that a lab can't even compete in................... Just saying.

 

[medvedyt]

I completely agree. Retrievers retrieve pointers point and versatile dogs do it all just not at the level the dogs do bred for one specific task.

All dogs wish they were labs and all labs wish they were black.

It’s all fun.

in continental europe we used labs to retrieve not to point or flush while in the same time people like us used brittany for the whole hunting and now im using griffon. i do not see a lab doing what my griffon is doing during the whole day but why not and the most interesting is having fun ...

 

[Alder_]

My son lifts more weights than your son.

 

[KurtR]

in continental europe we used labs to retrieve not to point or flush while in the same time people like us used brittany for the whole hunting and now im using griffon. i do not see a lab doing what my griffon is doing during the whole day but why not and the most interesting is having fun ...

I live where some call the pheasant capital of the world South Dakota and I guided for 15 ish years and I got to see all kinds of dogs run even seen guys use beagles to find them not much for retrieving. A good dog is a good dog. One thing I learned is peoples definition of a good dog varies a lot.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Not a versatile dog and i would have lost the bet i didnt think my dog had it in him to kill a cat. Well last night he proved me wrong and delivered the damn thing to hand. Guess that will keep the damn cat from tearing up the garbage any more.

a Lab?

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Except your NAVHDA doesn't allow labs to compete. You ever wonder why? Because they would be the only winners of that also. That's why.

My logic makes a lot more sense than your logic of using an event to compare to a lab that a lab can't even compete in................... Just saying.

bullfuckingshit

 

[KurtR]

a Lab?

Yep the one in my avatar.

 

[KurtR]

bullfuckingshit

Ya other than the retrieving part they wouldnt. The retrieving and blind are maybe a easy senior/seasoned test for retrieving part of navhda tests i have seen.