I went through the same decision making about 10 years ago. I had always had pointers and GSP's. I ended up buying a Chessie.
BAD decision! Lol. Actually, once I figured her out, I loved that dog and hunted her often. I really missed having a pointer. She died, way too young do to a really bad accident on the farm. My Father has 2 - 1 year old GSP's that I do most of the work with. Great dogs! But they are full bore GSP. I really think that when I personally am ready to pull the trigger on a new dog, It will be a WPG. I think they seem to be what I've been after for a long time, I just didn't know it.
Sorry to hear about your dogs accident. it's never easy losing a dog.
My buddy had two Chessies when we were younger. Interesting and determined breed, I never got to hunt over them but I'm pretty sure they would have been fearless and dedicated in the field.
