My last dog couldnt swim so now i need a new one.

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Originally Posted by Tussock

Really? I have only ever heard good things about curly coats. A mate had one as a pig dog and years later is still talking about it. Apparently it was a pig finding, bone crunching monster. Am I looking in the wrong places?

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So there wasn't much chance of a bird getting retrieved and being edible afterwards?

That dog had a good mouth on the ducks and pheasant, kill a deer or hold a pig to. Which is in fact what I would expect from the breed. Same with the one after her.

When I was a kid we had a lab that used to catch and retrieve mice, unharmed. He was good retrieving the ducks to as well as being a good rabbiter, he'd kill them if running in a pack situation or retrieve if on his own or that's what you wanted.

I wouldn't worry about the soft mouth. She'll work it out in time.