Pointing British Lab Pups

[governor]

Holzinger and Cashman Kennels in Minnesota handle pointing labs.

 

[Kurtr]

The wild rose dogs will get a premium just in name. If I’m set on British southern oak kennel or Josh miller of river stone kennels in Wisconsin both have dogs that have been proven with some titles. Both Sok and river stone have imported ftch’s from Ireland and England for their programs. I bet 2500-3000 would be where they start with a year plus waiting list .

If pointing lab with out the British I know of a bunch of great dogs. Look at the apla to find proven ones

 

[bigv]

I dabble in the training, breeding world a bit. I run dogs now that I selectively bred that are a mix of British and American. (not english) They are fantastic. High bird drive but so easy going and have the proper standard looks. Not too bulky stocky and not too pointy nose-curly tail thing. Good looks, high prey drive and extremely biddable. British are generally smaller than american labs. British will be shorter and stockier but not overly big. 50-70lbs. American labs with be taller, leaner and probably 60-85lbs. I'm talking from true british breeders and true american breeders. I like the mix because I feel the british dogs can be too small and the american too big. Right now I have 3 labs. One is retired, one is mostly american with little brit in him and hes a hammer! I also have a young female that is pretty much full mix. She is little...55lbs but very well built. Very good bird dog but not quite as good as my more american male. True bits do not point. There are a ton of pointing lab breeders out there now. Coteau View Hills kennels is in my area with very good pointers. High Caliber labs near Sioux falls has exceptional ones too. None cheap.

 

[Honkerslayr]

I dabble in the training, breeding world a bit. I run dogs now that I selectively bred that are a mix of British and American. (not english) They are fantastic. High bird drive but so easy going and have the proper standard looks. Not too bulky stocky and not too pointy nose-curly tail thing. Good looks, high prey drive and extremely biddable. British are generally smaller than american labs. British will be shorter and stockier but not overly big. 50-70lbs. American labs with be taller, leaner and probably 60-85lbs. I'm talking from true british breeders and true american breeders. I like the mix because I feel the british dogs can be too small and the american too big. Right now I have 3 labs. One is retired, one is mostly american with little brit in him and hes a hammer! I also have a young female that is pretty much full mix. She is little...55lbs but very well built. Very good bird dog but not quite as good as my more american male. True bits do not point. There are a ton of pointing lab breeders out there now. Coteau View Hills kennels is in my area with very good pointers. High Caliber labs near Sioux falls has exceptional ones too. None cheap.

High caliber is great got my last black lab there, he is 10 now and still better than ever. Had great bloodlines and they knew what they were doing as far as the breeding goes.

 

[SDMF]

That makes sense,Kurt. They didn’t look like my British labs which are pure. Not sure what to do, Im not waterfowl hunting anymore and all pheasants. Like the calmness of the British labs but would like a pointer.

Might look into a Small Munsterlander. The couple guys I've known that have had them were quite happy w/them has house-dog/hunting-dog combos. I haven't hunted w/them, just BS-ing w/the owners. Former co-worker near Omaha and a former member of our skeet/sporting clays team who moved away.

They're roughly "Springer Spaniel" sized with a rough/wiry coat similar to a Draut or GWP and are a "versatile/pointing" breed.

6 friends have or have had 7 Pudel-Pointers between them and I've hunted with 4 of them. The 2 of the 4 I hunted with were superb. The 3rd is coming around but it's a tough compare against the 1st 2. The 4th is not quite 7Mo but this fall he appears to be a standout tracking wounded bird MOFO!! Opening day he trailed and eventually caught a barely wing-tipped rooster 300+ yds in dry/hot wheat stubble over a couple hills where we/I couldn't see him anymore. I did get to see him catch the bird after trailing it to a very small patch of cover on a field edge. I didn't see it but his owner told me the pup had to trail a very alive Hun 150+Yds about a week ago. Pup didn't see it go down as he was focused on the group rather than the single. Owner put the pup on the track and he trailed that partridge down. All that said, the PP NEEDS significant exercise and stimulation or they become mischievous pretty quick.

Majority of the PP's I've been around are out of Cedar in ID.