Salt, Gans, Jack, Max, Casey, Jackson, Hannah, Will, Lily and Molly. One Golden and the rest labs of varying colors. Loved them all.

Four gone in just over a year. Missy, Bell, Scout, and today Ollie. All great true hunting dogs.
The first 3 listed were between 10 and 12. The loss of Ollie today at 5 1/2 years old was completely unexpected. Very aggressive liver cancer. No treatment.
Picture of Ollies first bird and a picture taken 3 weeks ago out tuning her up for the upcoming season.

Sorry for your loss Phil. Having lost our Sadie unexpectedly at the same age I know how painful this time is for you and your family. Our prayers are with you.

Blaze, Bo Whoop, Louie, Bunny, A.H. Foxy, Ruddy, Ice, first of our pointing Labs, Timber, and Sugar, who has a non operable oversized liver and adrenal gland, and will go to Mich and Georgia if possible, and finally kiss me Kate, who is currently doing the litter business.
A few photos of recent team members. Three dog=morning banana time with Sugar, Timber and Roxy, Ice on bird, and Mom cleaning birds with project managers, Ice and Ruddy, looking on.

Pudelpointer or a birdy Standard Poodle. Any ideas?

Bill,
Being a prior NAVHDA guy, I'd say going with a Pudelpointer increases your odds of ending up with a great hunting dog. I had a German Wirehaired Pointer when I was involved with NAVHDA (And a GSP) , and she was low shedding and had a shorter, tight coat. Pudelpointers coats will run the gamut from similar to a GSP to a wooly long coated Griffon or German Wirehair.

I'm in the same boat doing research to find a another hunting dog since losing my Labrador to cancer a few years ago.

I looked into Standard Poodles also, check out the websites- Versatility in Poodles- vipoodle.org, and the United Poodle Association. There wasn't much more out there that I found other than a couple breeders with supposed field lines. ( all white and apricot colored dogs) The UKC - United Kennel Club has the Standard Poodle listed in their Hunting Retriever section and has a Breed Standard posted there. They may be a resource for breeders, I didn't take it much further than that though, as I decided to come back to one of the NAVHDA recognized breeds.
I hope this helps.
Take care
Tim.

I also had a short coat German Wirehair, my last dog, Eva. They are not hypoallergenic even with the short coat. The Pudelpointer is represented as hypoallergenic. Thanks for the information.

Tom, that field where Ice is on a bird, would that be in the Zionsville/Macungie area? Asking for a friend. :rotf: