Which gundog would you have out of each "section"? Discussions

thought this would be interesting thread for those of you that have gundogs, or like me just love the majority of them and are hard stuck which one you would like to own.

so which would you have out of each section?

so which spaniel?
which retriever?
which setter?
which hpr?

i will go first then

spaniel: would have to be the clumber. im not that keen on the spaniels really, but if i had to have one id have the clumber i love how chunky they are

retriever: would have to be the flatcoat. no other retriever compares to them

setter: the english! i fell in love with the many i have met, particulary one we had in the kennels for 3 weeks they are so nice and friendly, and i love the way they look

hpr: i think it would have to be the weimaraner, i love the way the look and love how much energy they have. either that or it would be the german short hair pointer

Spaniel: Working type English Springer.

Retriever: Labrador Retriever (dual purpose lines).

Setter: Red and White Setter.

HPR: Slovakian Rough Haired Pointer.

no fair you have two of them already out of iterest if you had to pick different to the two you already own, what would you go for?

Ok, fair enough.

Retriever: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

HPR: Weimaraner.

think my next dog will be a gundog. i like the northern breeds, particularly the malamute, but it just makes mor sense to get a gundog. the dilemma is now which one

HPR: Weimaraner (longhaired version is the best)! As I happen to have one, my next choice would be a Slovak.
Retrievers: Gotta be a lab, cos they excel at everything.
Spaniels: Working Cocker
Setter/Pointer: Irish

Spaniel: Clumber - my sister had one and he was gorgeous

Retriever: Curly coated

Setter: English, of course...if it had to be one I've never owned it would have to be a Gordon as I've also owned Irish Setters.

HPR: Wire haired Viszla.

HPR - Italian Spinone. Our lad is the best, nothing could match up to him..Close second would be a Bracco Italiano.

Spaniel - Cocker Spaniel.

Setter - English Setter.

Retriever - Labrador.

spaniel - Working Cocker
retriever - Flat Coat
setter - Red & White Irish
hpr - Large Munsterlander

Nice.

Well the Slovaks are becoming a little more uniform than when I first saw them 11 years ago! I was offered the pick of a litter then but as no two I saw were alike I declined.

The coats are still anything from nearly bald to "is that a sheep" so this can be the luck of the draw, but the conformation is very good in most.

Spaniel - Sussex
Retriever - Flat Coat
Setter - Gordon
HPR - Hungarian Wire Haired Vizsla

Of course I haven't included my own breeds!;-)

good replies guys i like threads like this as it shows how different we all are

I dont want to appear like a know it all but a Brittany is a HPR, not a spaniel. This country dropped the word "spaniel" and they are just called a Brittany. You'll have to have another rethink about that one! ;-)

Mine would be:

Spaniel: Working English cocker.
Retriever: Difficult one as they arent my fave group but i'll go with a flatcoat.
Pointers & Setters: Lewellyn type English setter.
HPR: GWP (but if I cant pick that because I own half a one then it would be a Brittany).

so which spaniel? docked dewclwd English springer spainel.

which retriever? Working bred at least 40+ ftch/ftw/oftw in 5 gen, black Labrador.

which setter? Irish setter.

which hpr? wirehaired vizsla or GSHP.

True.

Differing coats are probably going to always be an 'issue' in the breed, but then they still are an issue for wire breeds that are far more established (GWPs, HWV's etc).

I`ll have a Springer and a Spinone please. That`ll do - I`m not greedy.
(but I`m keeping my GSP)

(and I`ll happily take a Large Munsterlander as well)

you have to pick one from each, your missing two ;-)

Not including my welshies I'd have
Clumber
NSDTR
English Setter (preferably Henry please )
Irish water spaniel as HPR