A big depends. A big assumption that the big running pointer covers the same ground as effectively as the pointing lab. If the lab is from field lines run is not a problem at least where I hunt. I have never been limited by a field trial bred lab while hunting grouse and woodcock, day after day. Breeding counts for this. The lab gene pool is big enough for different lines. The AKC has done far more damage to the breed then a couple pointing lab breeders will ever do. As to why labs point, while no one knows the special sauce the good english lords bred in with their st john water dogs, setters were there for sure. Traits can be brought back to the top via selective breeding.
Last edited by spj; 08/23/17.
