So for those that also saw my last post, I'm trying to decide on a litter of puppies. Here are the two pedigrees I've got:

#1:

Puppies #1	Name-Unknown Stud Dog	Int'l CH. No-Mars Hauss vom Enzo NAVHDA Utility (Field Test) Prize 1 Perfect score	INT. CH Enzo Vom Ludwigstein MH, NAVHDA UT, PZ 1	KS Terz Engholm D1 S1 STR VBR HDO V MS
				Aline Von Der Wacht Im Walde D1 BTR AZP1 HDO V
			CH No-mars Wind Runner NAVHDA N/A, PZ 1	INT. CH/CH No-mars Komet V Biberbach NAHVDA UT 111
				Hussa Vom Osterberg NAVHDA N/A, PZ 1, UT, PZ 111
		No-Mars Victory Vom Hauss	Unknown
				Unknown
			Name-Unknown Bitch from Lucky Lady Kennels: http://luckyladykennel.com/		Unknown
				Unknown

#2:

Puppies #2	Amazing Grace Chase	NFC FC AFC Dunfurs Where You Ben	FC (USA) Burr Oaks Hoosier Buddy (All-Age Pheasant Champion)	FC/AFC (USA) Burr Oaks Big Jake
				Willoway's Whistling Dixie
			NAFC/FC/AFC (USA) PFK Dunfur's Morticia HOF	FC (USA) Chukar Mountin' Mort
				Ramblin Witch Hazel
		Morsgaards Radbach Maggie	Boultons Radbach Moose	Unknown
				Unknown
			Lady Katherine of Birchwood	Unknown
				Unknown
	Mapleacres Holly	CH Mapleacres Rush	DC AFC Trekker V Grunbaum UDX TDX MH MX AXJ	DC Hillhaven's Hustler
				Freigeist Bekannte V Laden CD JH
			Ch Coveybuster's Tapestry Weave CD	Ch Stradivarius V Holzstrom CD SH
				Ch. Tapestry's TNT
		No-Mars Cynder vom Tyson	No-Mars Cowboys Mandrell	Unknown
				Unknown
			No-Mars Tyson Vom Dyna	No-mars WDF Charles
				No-Mars Selena

Anything anybody knows about these is great (I know #1 is rather incomplete). Thanks again for your help!

#2 is the pedigree the breeder of the pups provided. #1 is a combination of what I was told and what I researched.

Tessa there is a good discussion going on in the GSP Anatomy thread that addresses some of the things in your post.  You might want to check it out as the discussion is very interesting show vs hunting.  I personally think a breeder that breeds for hunting, but also shows tends to have nice versatile dogs. Most of the good breeders I know will tell you their dogs are pets first and live in the house. GSPs make very good agility dogs and are very fast and strong.  There is allot of room in the GSP standard for interpretation which is evidenced by the dogs that win in the conformation ring.  For instance, some judges like smaller bitches and some like the larger bitches. Both are within the standard as written, but it is a preference.  Samething with the heads.  There are some judges that like to be able to tell the sex of the dog by just looking at the face/head.  They want to see feminine or masculine features.  So, I think because of the wiggle room in the standard and the various preferences of the breeders you get an interesting variety of looks within GSPs that are all acceptable. 

Also jumping in here in defense of "hunting" dogs in the house. And mine are "HARD CORE" at least according to many folks - not just wild bird hunters, but also the dreaded "field trial" lines .

Some examples:

Baby Rosie (now Grandma Rosie) and our GSP mix:

Thunder and Willow on the camper bed (even less room than the house)

Hemi stinking up the couch..

I could go on forever, but you get the idea...

Jean

You may be able to go to perfectpedigrees.com and look up a dog or two of your known dogs and fill the missing holes on your pedigree.  I was able to go back 8 generations on my dog doing this.

Pedigrees of either hunting, showing etc will tell you little of the style of the dog when it comes to hunting and playing.  You  need to see the sire and dam hunt and also see how the puppies interact.

In any event it looks like many of the dogs are tested either in the field or ring....so time is spent with them; i would think they should be good dogs.