which dog?

weatherbyfoxer

Hi lads,just looking for opinions on breeds of gun dogs as im going to have to start training in a new dog this summer to replace my 11 year old Brittany spaniel

I had a 6 year old chocolate lab who I had to put down 4 weeks ago with huge sadness due to liver failure.she was the first retrieving dog I ever had and will be hard to replace...best company I ever had flighting ponds or bursting into a ditch like a small elephant to flush a pheasant

the Brittany was a good pheasant dog very steady pointing but age is against him he also refuses heavy cover and his retreving is so so.

my main shooting is hedgerows around stubble fields,some long grass,flighting a few ponds and walking a few rivers for duck

some lads recommend a springer but im told they can be a bit of a handful and hard to train

others say a german pointer but I kno very little about them

any thoughts lads?..would like another lab but a
Hard hunting/flushing lab is rare

E@gle.

If your looking for a dog for shooting in stubble field a and long grass, i would recommend a pointer.

A pointer (either German or English) will do everything for you, set on pheasants and retrieve on water. I would recommend that you buy a dog that his IKC registered and chipped. Make sure the pub is vaccinated before you buy and that it comes from hunting stock.

I recently purchased a Hungarian Vizsla and am very happy with him. He's already hunting and retrieving at 4 months.