Have you ever hunted behind a pointing lab? The vast majority of dogs from strong pointing breeds would be flushing dogs if the pointing instinct wasn't reinforced through training. This is a silly thread, it's ok to reinforce "aggressive flushing" in a retriever, but not pointing. Silly.

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