Hunting Dogs

Hunting Dogs

A great dog always accompanies a good hunter. It gets tricky deciding what type of dog to get and train for your hunting. While it largely depends on the amount of time you’re willing to invest into it breeds also play a key role. Certain dogs are breed for and have genes that make them better in certain hunting roles. While most dog breeds are possible to train for any specific purpose, I’ll discuss 4 to 5 from the retrieving class, flushing class, and pointing class. A retrieving dog may be a Labrador retriever, your flushing dog may be a Springer Spaniel, and your pointer may be a German Shorthair. This is not to say that any of these dogs can’t do the task of the others, it would just require more training and may still not be as qualified after it’s trained.
Retrieving breeds all look somewhat similar. Bigger dogs that are capable of bringing back downed or killed birds and small game. They are great dogs not only for hunting, but as pets. They have a natural affection towards humans and humans return the favor. They’re a very dependent type of dog. They are always sitting near their master when they aren’t hunting. There are 7 different types of Retrieving breeds. You have a Labrador retriever, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Golden Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever, Curly-Coated Retriever, Irish Water Spaniel, and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. The Irish Water Spaniel is the only spaniel that is classified as a retrieving dog.
Labrador Retrievers are the most popular hunting breed today. They come in chocolate, yellow, and the most popular, black. You wouldn’t think that the colors would matter, but breeders say that the more intelligent, better noses, and better hunters, are black. Hunting dog authority Dave Duffey says he wouldn’t hesitate to take in a yellow or chocolate lab if they had black littermates, but would be skeptical if it was a litter with all yellow, all brown, or mix of the two (Fergus 62). They’re so popular because you can hunt...

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