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Originally Posted by densa44
I like to see research posted on this site and due to no fault of the OP some is better than others. The chart that was posted that shows the Chessie as the 3rd. best bird dog got my attention. Having spent many years participating in retriever trails, and training versatile dogs. I think I have only seen one Chessie and he looked more like a greyhound.
The second one was owned by a friend and that dog (I don't think the poor thing was ever trained) wouldn't pick up a cripple.
Here is my point, if you want to get a dog, good for you, learn how to read the pedigrees and find out what they mean (all the information that is on the pedigree) and choose carefully from there.
Dogs have more variability within a breed than between breeds.
They all started as wolves!
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Trialing results shouldnt dictate a hunters selected, real world gundog. 40lb black ‘labs’ that run like whippets and dominate hunt and trial tests that were designed for that specific breed to succeed, and more specifically the american style breed standards, shouldnt be your final deciding factor