The last dog we had was a german shorthair - also a smart dog - but hunting dogs don't make half the companion that working dogs do.
Kenmar - the devil may be in her eyes, but she's a coward. One day I showed up at my parent's in a friends car I borrowed - no one was home. I could barely see the dog peeking at what she thought was a stranger from behind the deck. I was going to sit there and see how long it would take her to investigate... gave up! I don't think she ever would have. But you don't need a watch-dog in the country, right? That is, if you ignore the string of houses getting robbed and the double-homicide two miles off within the last couple of years!
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