Nothing against Chessies but from what I've seen and experienced Labs from good hunting blood lines aren't hard to turn into good upland dogs. I had one that didn't have the great blood lines that also turned out well. I agree re the smaller Labs for upland. The last two I've owned were a 55 pound female and a 65 pound male. They would and will both hunt as long as you wanted to hunt. The three bigger Labs I've had were better water dogs than upland. The desire was there but they tired quicker and warm weather really slowed them down. A guy I hunt with has a female Lab that might go 50 pounds that for endurance is the best upland Lab I've seen.
Last edited by 43Shooter; 12/30/18.
