There is a serious danger that we may just have lost our last excuse for having so many dogs. Up until now there has really been no answer in Britain to the argument that we need our traditional labradors for sitting on the peg and retrieving; springer spaniels to do…
Many HPRs excel at hunting and pointing but fall short at retrieving. German longhaired pointers are superb at all three. David Tomlinson thinks these pointers are magical.
A guide to the different types of dog that make up the hunt, point and retrieve section of gun dogs.
It’s not often that you see pensioners in the shooting field – canine I mean, not human – as shooting is, for a dog, hard work. Many of us hope that our dogs will carry on working until they are 12, perhaps even 13, but the harsh truth is that…
Pointers and setters are glorious at the Amulree field trial. Johnny Scott watches the field trial.
Wirehaired Hungarian vizslas hunt, point and retrieve. Setters and pointers may be more popular but Hungarian vizslas get the job done
