For 40 years plus all of my hunting dogs have been in the house.
As I type this my current setter and Lab are curled up at my feet. Through the years the dogs have either slept with the kids or on our bed. I imagine I have at least two more dogs in my future.
As long as you actually train them and expose them to as many birds as possible they should work out well. Positive repetition is important for both the dog hunting and the shooter.
I have had friends who tried to hunt their house dog, but had not put in The training for the field and that did not work well, poor dogs got blamed, but it was the master’s fault.
