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Get a proper working lab then, most of them are fat noisy bastards so removed from being hunting dogs its not funny. The proper working ones are exceptional. and rarly noisy and almost always quieter...

Dogs not bred with the specific purpose you have in mind as the main goal. Any dog will hunt, some will hunt better than others, some will train easier than others. Some will achieve with less work,...

So much of it will come down to you and your training mate. The end result will, given everything is even, be the same. With a Lab, Lab X, Heading dog, Heading dog X, Viszla, GWP, Drathaar...

It really doesn't matter what the cross is, people will sit over a drink or 30 and pontificate on the most inane shit.... All dogs hunt, some better than others. Those with tons of natural ability...