re: What's the most versatile breed of dog?

DD

V.D. Überhütte

My wife wanted a DNA test for our rescue for her birthday recently. He has a pile of mutt in him but he is mostly black lab/catahoula leopard based on the results. Awesome dog. I googled and apparently the lab/catahoula mix is known as a labahoula. I will definitely keep an eye out for them in the future when we decide to get another dog.

I am biased but because I have one, but you need to include German Shorthaired Pointer for most versatile hunting dog ( and other similar dogs, Vizla, GWP etc etc).

When I was researching it, the GSP seemed to be close to top if not the top of the list for hunting versatility.

I got mine 2 years ago from a random couple and she's been great in the field and at home. Points and retrieves quail. She's tracked and bayed a wounded hog. Found my dad's wood handle pocket saw after he ran it over with the tractor.
I don't duck hunt often, but I'm confident she'd be able to water retrieve as well.
And the shedding is 100x better than a Lab. I had 2 labs and they were both great dogs but the shedding was awful.

As mentioned before, most dogs can be pretty versatile but it depends on how much time and effort YOU put in.

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Mine drops dog food in front of it until it clogs up and stops. The sucker has the nerve to wait by me when I open it up to see if he can get the food back.

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I’ve had two fantastic Labs in my lifetime. I wanted to do more quail hunting and switched it up about 7 years ago and bought a GSP. I now have two. Let me begin by saying the first one I purchased has been an unbelievable all around dog. Extremely bright, easy going, great with kids, great hunting dog at pointing, retrieving and tracking, overall great companion. She goes with me everywhere. She came from excellent stock. I thought that I needed two since the first one was so good. The second one is high energy, destructive, gun shy, meek and really worthless
Now she is a very sweet dog and great with my kids but a polar opposite of my first. With a GSP there seems to me no middle ground. You get a 10 or you get a 2.

Field Bred English Springer Spaniel.

Great bird dogs, average sized (30-50lbs), awesome personality and exceptional with kids.

I do everything with mine from flushing quail, retrieving dove/wood ducks, and she's always the first one on the fishing boat. I've actually trained her to pick up trout/reds off the deck and drop them in the cooler lol.

Awesome companions. I swear she's smarter than most humans..

How bad do they shed and what you looking to get for a pup?

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How bad do they shed and what you looking to get for a pup?

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Hello old friend.

I currently have a blue lacy I got from a shelter. She was about 7 months old and I've had her over 2 years. Extremely loyal to me, and I can keep her off-leash just about anywhere and she goes everywhere with me. The fire station, my electrical shop, jobsites, everywhere. People love her. She has some evidence of abuse from wherever she came from, which we're still working through even after 2 years. That makes discipline difficult, because she has a remote control fetish.

We had a lot of Siberian huskies growing up. Very healthy and extremely smart dogs. And my god, they're beautiful dogs! Not territorial or very protective, though, even though they look intimidating. I've never been afraid to go to someone's house or yard because of that. They make some people uneasy mostly because of the intimidation factor.

I've been trying to convince the Miss to get a German shepherd. Some friends of hers have a litter of 8 males 3 weeks old and I'd love to get one. I'm hoping one they're a little older and cuter she won't be able to say no

My ex-wife had a beagle. There was no creature on the face of the earth dumber than that dog. I'll cut my dick off before ever getting another beagle. No joke. 100%. 0 out of 5 stars. Would not recommend.