No offence meant Wilf but,....If that comment is anything to go by then you obviously know very little about dogs!....Perhaps you made the comment without thinking... ....or perhaps you've only had thick dogs!
In answerer to anonymous's question, same as you I keep a dog for life. Had one pts at 22 months due to a serious injury. Meg' my latest lurcher will be five on Monday and she knows what a gun does just as much as she knows what a needle does , pick up the lamp and she's up and ready just like she is when she hears the knokka box as I check my gear in the kitchen prior to an outin