I'm far more familiar with Spring Snuggle than springer rage. As far as the excitement goes, I'm a lab guy at heart so I understand the particular excitement that comes from any birdy flushing dog, I get flamed on a regular basis for it but I can't quite wrap my head around why anyone gets so excited about a point. Compared to a lab a springer has that extra slash and dash that simply can't be found anywhere else that I know of. I'm shopping for another dog and a springer is high on my list. As a lifelong lab-addict that means a lot.

By the way, both labs and springers do just fine on grouse and woodcock, but they were born for pheasants!