At one point, I was training my my Pudelpointer for avalanche rescue. He came from Czecholslovakian stock and was a very good tracker - too good sometimes, as it was tough getting him to stop running deer or elk when we were out huntining snowshoe hares. On pheasant he was a natural pointer, but he always seemed to want to chase grouse up a tree, and then 'bay' at them until I arrived!
With little training, he would have been good at tracking wounded game.
