Bill,
What can I say, maybe it's because I trained him the way I have my Springers I've over the years. I use Hup for his sit command and that might have him thinking he's a spaniel.
Here's another picture of him with a little snow on the ground. He produced & retrieved these birds in about a fortyfive minute hunt with me a buddy. We didn't make it quite to the tree row in the background and we were finished for the day.
