New Hunting Dog Spaniel/Weimarainer Any Experience?

[labguy]

If they Pointers and Labs would be so versatile then why did the good ole germans develope gundogs to do it all??Haven't seen any labs or pointers that point birds or indepenently search and flush game in wooded areas,track fur,feather and big game,work in packs to search and hold boars,blood track (20/40 hour bloodtrack),dead game bay,guide and bringsel guide dead game,retrieve on land and water,have enough sharpness for predators,retrieve foxes,work close in cover and extend in open country,run rabbits and bring such in front of hunter,be scent and/or sight loud...just to name a few of the atributes.
When we are talking versatile ,we are not talking "social work or community service".
The Versatile dogs over here are relegated as a bird dog and most of them will never have the opportunity to show their full potential as a versatile gun dog.
Not to be disparaging,but you lab guys have limited experience with versatile hunting dogs!!

Just so you're aware, Foxton is a Spaniel guy...not a lab guy. He also stated earlier he's had first hand experience with versatiles.......maybe you missed that part too.

Look, I'm sure the so called "Versatiles" are fine dogs that do many things well. Probably more suited to the old country and their type of hunting than what we do here.