gwp x lab

[telf 15]

has anyone on here trained one of these crosses

[Mooch. 177]

I've got a lab x pointer of some sort! Excellent retriever, hard hunter, ranges widely.

[telf 15]

iv heard there good ,but do they train like a lab or they more like a pointer, never trained a pointer but heard they are head strong.

[dogs-n-natives 1,181]

Funny enough, the cross usually turn out somewhere between a pointer and a lab, in the way they like to work land (so train for both qualities, but to suit your requirements) I went down the road of pure GWP, even though Im a big fan of the GWP/Lab.. I see the cross breds working on a very regular basis, they are that bit more bidable than a pointer, and are happy quartering close-in to the handler.. they use air born as well as ground scent, and many of them will point. They also make cracking tracking dogs, fox finders/markers/hunters, general vermin finders, love dangerous game, wildfowling, roughshooting and all the rest.

I went for the pure as Im doing less beating, and more rough shooting, and tracking (stalking), vermin control, with a bit of wild fowling thrown in. But if I was still a full-time hill keeper I would have gone for the cross for sure. Working alongside a couple of close-in spaniels, would have made a really good team for me on the land I keepered.

 

DnN

[telf 15]

Funny enough, the cross usually turn out somewhere between a pointer and a lab, in the way they like to work land (so train for both qualities, but to suit your requirements) I went down the road of pure GWP, even though Im a big fan of the GWP/Lab.. I see the cross breds working on a very regular basis, they are that bit more bidable than a pointer, and are happy quartering close-in to the handler.. they use air born as well as ground scent, and many of them will point. They also make cracking tracking dogs, fox finders/markers/hunters, general vermin finders, love dangerous game, wildfowling, roughshooting and all the rest.

I went for the pure as Im doing less beating, and more rough shooting, and tracking (stalking), vermin control, with a bit of wild fowling thrown in. But if I was still a full-time hill keeper I would have gone for the cross for sure. Working alongside a couple of close-in spaniels, would have made a really good team for me on the land I keepered.

 

DnN

thanks for your help D N N i have booked a lab pup get her in january ,looking forward to training her, but i might still try a gwpxlab in a year or 2 as i here a lot of lads raving on about this cross.

[dogs-n-natives 1,181]

All the best with the pup Telf.