Posted On July 26, 2018
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For Sambar deer stalking, the stronger the pointing instincts the better, because it is the pointing behaviour that allows you to see deer before you get too close.
No dog has stronger pointing instincts than the English Pointer.
English pointers have been so effectively bred to find and point game on land that in Field Trail competitions, English Pointers compete separately to other pointing breeds because they are generally superior at this task compared to German Shorthair Pointers, German Wirehair pointers, Hungarian Vizslas and Weimaraners.
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The reason English Pointers have become more specialised is because they have always been bred for the one main hunting task. Nearly all of the other pointing breeds were breed to have a more rounded skill set and this was achieved by adding bloodhound among other things to the genetics.
These changes meant the dogs were inclined to ground scent instead of air scent and to chase/catch the game as well as point it.
For the way I use my dogs, the English Pointer has proven to be the easiest to work with when it comes to getting a dog to cover ground quietly, move in slowly and hold point using only airscent.
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