I've got nothing against cross breeds, in fact I think that some crosses work out very well indeed but I'm not sure about a GWPxESS cross. What if the result is that you have the worst traits of both breeds?
Mike has summed it up perfectly, why would u ever take the risk of having ur shooting stalking dog for next 10 years being a total nutter.
Can't understand wot a springer woud ever bring to a wire or vice vesra, both dogs naturally hunt and quarter anyway, why would u want a hpr that flushes instead of points at 100m? or a springer that works even further away, plenty do that anyway, need a bloody 10 bore to shoot over mine by time feb comes
(can see the point with a lab but some of those crosses i've seen have been terrible and real nasty bas***d's) althou seen a couple of good 1's too, but if u bougt the right line/type of wire it would just be the same anyway.
IF u get lucky and get a good 1, do u breed off it? Complete lottery anyway but even more so with a cross like that
And yes every breed at 1 point came from cross breeding but back in thoose days the people doing it had very clear ideas exactly wot they wanted to achieve any pup/dog which failed to make the grade for wotever reason (wrong colour, build, temperment, working style etc) was PTS, there was no messing about and no passing on to pet homes for them to bred and spoil any good work.
Far too many sh** dogs being bred from
If u look into the history of the Kothan's Griffon, this boy just decided to make his own breed and within about 30 years it was breeding pure and to type, but he PTS'd an awful lot of dogs in the process to get there.
In russia they done stidies with foxes and found breding the friendliest foxes together within 8 generations they had domesicated them and very rich russians now have foxes as pets, but same again killed all foxes not to type ie friendly
U pay ur money u take ur chance. Nothing against sprocker etc as similar types of dog/style or even a springerdor for a beating/picking up dog but the hpr element will not be a good thing for any beating/picking up dog