hunting dog

Flushing-on-command

Problem: I have a 1-year-old female yellow Lab. She retrieves well, has good distance control and knows commands. When hunting…»

Dog-in-blind_001

The game of “hide and seek” often comes to mind when I’m duck hunting. It seems that in the field,…»

Flat-coated-retriever_001

Once upon a time, when English gamekeepers reigned supreme on the estates of the nobility, they needed a dog that…»

Pointer-training_001

Lately, it’s become fashionable in more obscure quarters to adopt a laissez-faire approach to dog training, as if any pointing…»

French-Brittany_008

If your little dog can find that goose, you can keep the bird,” the waterfowl hunter told Doug Lodermeier, who,…»

Jump-training_001

Using your spaniel for jump shooting ducks is a good way to supplement your upland game bag. My favorite spot…»

Dog-training_001

August is a tough month for training gun dogs. Sure, most of us are fired up by the coming of…»

Great-dog_001

My friend Tony’s setter is nothing special to look at. She’s short, with a slightly pushed up nose, as if…»

Curly-coated-retriever_001

Three roosters and two hens had just flown from an unpicked cornfield across the road into a tract of seven-foot-tall…»

Water-spaniel_001

Finally—although unexpectedly—the decades-long classification controversy within the American Water Spaniel Club (AWSC) has ended with an almost beyond-belief win-win outcome.…»

Bart_001

Bart is a handsome vizsla, red and sinewy with a proud carriage and docile eyes. He is much like any…»

American-cocker_001

In the late 1980s, when I began running dogs in and judging AKC’s non-competitive hunting tests for spaniels, I experienced…»

Cleaning-eyes_feature

A bird dog can put in a long, tough day. By the end of a hunt, he may be squinting…»

Retriever_001

Hunting seasons come slowly and vanish quickly. After one vanishes, we can clean/oil our shotguns and put them away until…»

Weimaraner_001

The Weimaraner, from the beginning of its breed history more than 100 years ago, has been known as the “Gray…»

Dog-with-pheasant

Those of you who are old enough to remember training dogs without electronic devices also probably remember the bad old…»

Labs_001

A lot of great photos come across our desks here at Gun Dog, and our special Labradors edition was certainly…»

Llewellin-setter_001

There’s no sight more classic than a pair of gun dogs working a gamebird with one dog pointing and the…»

Pheasant in field

You’ve got a good dog. He stays focused and understands what’s going on,” said Sal Roseland, owner of R&R Pheasant…»

Airedale running

In the beginning, Airedales were hunting dogs. The working class people in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who developed the…»

Friend's dog

When Hanna finally pinned the grouse, the bird was holding on one edge of a wet, boggy, depression ringed with…»

Dog and pups

Behavior problems avoided are problems that don’t need to be fixed. In the case of dogs, most behavior problems are…»

Puppy in a garden

The prospect of buying a puppy can make you dream dreams. Dreams of a dog with unprecedented potential. A dog…»

French spaniel

  Having problems trying to decide which sporting breed is the right one for you? Then perhaps what you really…»

Gun dog

How well your dog travels will make a big difference in how well he hunts once you get to where…»