I've had plenty of pro trainers tell me that they can be working a dog a quarter mile away across a field, and when the owner's car pulls in the driveway, it's "GANGWAY!"
I have a teeny tiny Choc who is a darling - 45 pounds of enthusiasm.
She isn't perfectly trained (because I trained her). But she has a lot of natural talent, and will get you duck or dove or partridge.
Bryant ought to be a first-class hunting companion with retrieving and upland training on him. May they have acres thick with quail and fat mallards galore.