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I've been reading some Archibald Rutledge and Havilah Babcock this summer and keep reading that this or that dog was "A Dropper." I don't know what that means. Does the dog pick up the bird and drop it or drop to the ground when it points or what? I guess that's probably like asking wnat Setters "set" but its a term that stumps me.

Dropper is a cross breed between a pointer and an english setter.

Ah. I knew it was something simple.

Thanks!

Jim