Can't go wrong with either. I prefer labs for retrieving since it just comes so naturally to them but have seen some decent pointing labs. Only problem with labs in Southeast is that they genetically carry more subcutaneous fat for insulation for cold water and climates and it really works them over if trying hunt them as a quail or upland type dog in high heat and humidity aka SE. Its just really rough on them and especially for black labs on sunny warm day hunting quail or busting brush, which deep south gets alot of during hunting season. Yellow and chocolates can fair maybe a little better. It really puts alot of strain on them and it is dangerous for them to hit the cover very hard for very long.
If you only get one dog a good researched brittany line is just about the best all round dog but I think teaching them to sit and stay for hunting in a duck blind can be challenging and counter productive to upland hunting. It takes mostly and older steady brittany to handle both.
By all means if you handle it get one of each. Besides maybe will wrestle with each other gnaw on each other as opposed to maybe gnawing on you. Actually that maybe the perfect solution. The Brittany will hunt a little further out and cover more ground and lab can hunt close and get some retrieves. Brittany with some work can maybe compartmentalize the training for blind work that the lab will excel at on long water retrieves and Brittany can get close retrieves. Win Win
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