Thread: Are Labradors good at finding Large Game?

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

re genetic issues my more recent experience is only with setter breeders. all the genuine breeders both show and field do a lot of work around trying to keep introducing fresh bloodlines, testing for eye and hip disorders and not using any animal that has siblings with issues both genetic or behavioral.
then you get into the whole show vs field dogs. Some rare breeders have dogs that do both.
As others say do your home work around a breeder. talk with them, go and watch their dogs work. talk with other owners from previous litters.
Zq
ie. people in it for love not money!

You can count those types of breeders in gundog circles here with two hands, and have a few spare fingers and that’s for all the breeds combined.
We have a leave it up to someone else culture as far as new genetics go, made worse by the misconception x breeds and badly breed full breeds are as good at a lot less the price.... that for both performance and health issues where it is a concern.
New blood is awesome but it needs to be part of a bigger picture, not every pup is worth breeding from just because one side is imported.