Thanks Charlie and Fred: I'm a firm believer that any dog can become a hunter; afterall, they are predators by nature. I grew up with labs, "Snippy" and "Major". Then, as young adults, my wife and I had two Shelties, "Dusk" and "Dawn". They had some time chasing pheasants rather than herding sheep. They passed in '88. Next was our first mini American Eskimo, "Foxy" followed quickly with a GSP, "Taz". They became a great tag team in the field with many memorable hunts. They passed in '07 and '08. Now we have a "siberador" or maybe a "laberian" (labxhusky) "Charlie" and another Eskie, "Kyra" They may be our last hunting dogs, depending on how rickety I become as we age together.
Cheers,
Jack
FOXY
TAZ
CHARLIE