Thanks. The breeder is a top shower at Crufts (and is judging spins next year there), so understand that she can't dock her spins that go for showing. However, we have all the requisite licences for shooting to prove the dog would be working....just means we would have to pick the pup at an early age....
Still not heard back from the breeder. Hope I haven't blown it with them, it's taken us ages to find a litter.