Rotties will always be my first love. INtelligent, easy to train, obedient, always on duty, but challenging as to who is boss. Someday a rottie again.
Yes pointers are great runners. A group of owners get together on Sundays and let the dogs run for over 2 hours. While waiting for everyone to gather, the dogs run in a big field chasing balls and running about. About half way thru the walk, some dogs swim at the lake. Got to meet some 12 pointers that day. Yup they like to run FAST, but they also listened to commands to come back.
I only go for breeds that work closely with people and take direction from people.