in our neck of the woods we hunted with about all breed of bird dogs ive seen top notch dogs in all of the breeds... but in my personel opinion the german shoirt hair was one of the easiest to train..my dad had a couple short hairs that were natualpointers.they never were trained they trained themselves....one of themwas so gentle if you raised your voice to her to loud she did not hunt for you the rest of the day...if she went and retrieved you bird and it was still alive it she would not harm it...ive seen her bring birds to my dad unharmed that shehad found that had never flushed to him unharmed too.... she was the best best and gentlest dog we ever owned or should i say priveleged to keep company with her...her name was PENNY AND SHE POINTED HER FIRST COVEY OF QUAIL AT 12 WEEKS OLD....atlas penny has been gone for some years now...i dont have a bird dog any more but have a lot of fond memories of the ones i was around growing up....my dad always hunted with the double barrels till the late60s then he like about a jillion others went to the browning A5....my dad also only shot the 12 ga... he also was a good shot.....i never was able tobeat him shooting....my dad dont hunt much more the years have caught up with him but opening day of dove season should see him in the field agin....with and old double barrel sorry not a parker but an old ithaco nitro hunter...12 ga at my dad will be 82 on this hunt....good shooting francis my first car was a 39 chev..pickup 3 in the floor and a rod that was knocking ....charlie
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