Versatile hunting dog?

[glock233]

Brittany.

Yes.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Out of boredom I re read many posts on this thread. I get we all have dogs and breeds we love.

But most of these dogs should be taken out of consideration. Really don’t think that Pointing and Retrieving count as Versatile

If you’re not pointing upland, working waterfowl, blood tracking and killing fur….kindly take a seat

And “a dog will only do what a dog is trained to do”

Maybe one of the least sensical comments ever. It’s the opposite.

Let a dog do Whatver they want…and that’s what they’ll do.

Without training…some chase cars. Some kill cats. Some retrieve birds. Most chew shoes.

Most of my friends dogs hit porkies pretty hard. They get lit up pretty hard too. And they do it again.

Dumb? Doubtful. Full of Drive snd “harder” than a Golden. For sure.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

A screwdriver with a Standard and Phillips bit is a long way from a Leatherman.

I’ll take he Leatherman

 

[medvedyt]

A screwdriver with a Standard and Phillips bit is a long way from a Leatherman.

I’ll take he Leatherman

Out of boredom I re read many posts on this thread. I get we all have dogs and breeds we love.

But most of these dogs should be taken out of consideration. Really don’t think that Pointing and Retrieving count as Versatile

If you’re not pointing upland, working waterfowl, blood tracking and killing fur….kindly take a seat

And “a dog will only do what a dog is trained to do”

Maybe one of the least sensical comments ever. It’s the opposite.

Let a dog do Whatver they want…and that’s what they’ll do.

Without training…some chase cars. Some kill cats. Some retrieve birds. Most chew shoes.

Most of my friends dogs hit porkies pretty hard. They get lit up pretty hard too. And they do it again.

Dumb? Doubtful. Full of Drive snd “harder” than a Golden. For sure.

you summed up our discussion and i absolutely agree. for us it is the griffon that we call kortahls in europe.

 

[omicron1792]

Recognized Breeds - NAVHDA

www.navhda.org

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

One last "Bomb". I am a huge Chessie fan. IF.....you had one that Pointed. Or your praised him up from a pup to stand still over birds...AND you used him to track wounded deer/game. And they ran coons and killed them, or coyotes, etc.


That IS a Versatile dog. Not by breed...but it checks all 5 boxes.

Not sure a Brittany that points, flushes and retrieves and has killed a few squirrels is "Versatile"....but getting closer.

 

[medvedyt]

One last "Bomb". I am a huge Chessie fan. IF.....you had one that Pointed. Or your praised him up from a pup to stand still over birds...AND you used him to track wounded deer/game. And they ran coons and killed them, or coyotes, etc.


That IS a Versatile dog. Not by breed...but it checks all 5 boxes.

Not sure a Brittany that points, flushes and retrieves and has killed a few squirrels is "Versatile"....but getting closer.

i used brittany in brittany where i was raised and they are versatile but a little on the light side. the gsp my uncle was breeding and raising were certainly better in some areas but brittany in brittany is the way to go lol ... we had only a few seasons with canadian geese there and it was a little too much for their mouth but again not enough to train them properly but they excelled on snipes, woodcocks and naturals pheasants not so good for tracking blood on roe deer or wild boars. my dad cannot phantom a bigger dog for hunting but i will say the griffon well trained would have been great there.