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That's really good that the breeder takes the time to get to know the puppies and keeps notes on each one's personalities. There is always the chance that the most laid back puppy in the bunch turns out to be a fireball down the road and visa versa. But for the most part I would guess all of the puppies out of a good breeding if given the chance will turn out to be great hunting and gun dogs. Some may even be able to make it to the MH level with good training. Most well bred dogs can, with good training, make it to a great duck dog level which sounds like what you are looking for. I'm interested to see the pedigree of the puppy as i'm a chocolate lover myself. I have 3 labs, two chocolates but the black one is also out of a chocolate Field Trial champ.