GermanPointer/English Pointer Mix

EPointer=Birdss

Has anyone ever had one or heard anything about this mix?

In a world of thorough breds & continued selective breeding I have been considoring this for awhile to mix it up a little to hopefully attain a hardier dog without losing any of the hunting prowess of course.

I am toying with the idea of getting a GSP bitch to work with my current English pointer dog. If she turns out half decent I would like to take a pup at some stage as I definatly want one out of my dog regardless. I was just wondering has anyone had experience with this mix & if so what are the thoughts?
B.T.W - Purely rough shooters & no interest in trialing. Would the purists out there be opposed to such breeding?

P.S - If you've mixed setters pointers etc what kind of dogs did you get???

stevoman

good idea IMO. "mongrels" so to speak live longer, have less health issues and in some cases bring the best from both breeds together.

let us ot forget all breeds of pointer and setter are originally crossbreeds toyed with over centurys to give them their distinct working pattern and job.

in the case of a pointer/setter crossbreed i think that you would have a great dog once both parents are workers. the instinct in both will be to set/point anyways bt as i have already mentioned chances are you will have a good healthey dog without the compliated genetins of interbreed breeding.

of course the "purists" will dismiss this as madness, but these these people are the very same group that will dismiss a dog from a triall beacuse its mouth may be "undershot" (which means its bottom teeth protrude over the top ones) or its legs may be too short. so what of it! if the dog goes out and does a good days hunting and has a good time who cares.

jwshooter

a friend and a cross between a german pointer and a english setter.

he was a half disappointer N a half upsetter.