100% agree with the above statement but make sure its a Field Breed Springer from a Field Trial background.
I've never hunted with my Springer, often think about it but never gotten around to it.
She came from two hunting parents so the hunt/flushing instinct is well ingrained, I rememeber the first time she smelt a pheasant, despite never having seen one before and with no training was going mental sniffing, gunting and snorting all over the place.
My inlaws has a GSP which also came from hunting parents but has never been hunted with.
She wanders around thier property all day pointing at things and chasing down rabbits.
The two dogs often with try hunting rabbits together, they both have similar staminar it would seem but the GSP can run a lot faster and runs down rabbits frequently (my Springer is admittedly quite small so has tiny little legs in comparision).
I've become 100% a Springer Spaniel guy having owned one and meet many, just such a good nature and an amazing family dog.
Other than having to teach a few manners the dog damn near trained itself.
Although I've not done any field trial or hunting work/training the dog pretty much knows how to do it all instictively, being able to retrive in the direction I point and responding to voice commands without having to do any training at all.
I'm not in the USA so can't comment on any breeders but it'd seem if you get a dog from a good background with parents who hunted, then your on to a good start.
