I have 2 non-peds they are both good little lamping dogs and good for ferreting they are both only young so not had that much experience yet, they are really coming on.
The fawn bitch is 19" and 16 months old just started retrieving to hand, never thought she would.
the white bitch is 20.5" haven’t done much with her yet as she’s only just 12 months, she seems to be almost a natural retriver, did not take much training with her. They never seem to get cold unlike the peds and do the job just as well if not better. I no its not normally a huge issue when choosing a dog but they a