I trained and hunted with a couple guys that had IWS and they are a little slow to mature but make fine hunting dogs(I ran AWS's). My X-FnL was an avid duck hunter and survivor of the Armistice Day 1940 storm on the Mississippi River. He hunted it a lot and said Rat Tails(IWS's) were pretty popular back then on the river. Go to the IWS national club site and look up some breeders that do field work with their dogs, you will get some good answers.

Poodles make good retrievers, there are some breeders doing field work with them and I did know a fellow that put a Master Hunter on one.

https://www.iwsca.org/breedersdirectory.htm



Last edited by erich; 12/28/19.
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