bird dogs
Setters and pointers
Bird dogs are hunting dogs bred to locate game birds, pointing or flushing them for hunters.
The term extends to anyone who scouts or searches on behalf of others—a bird dog might find sales leads, locate real estate deals, or spot talent: He bird-dogged prospects for the agency.
To bird-dog is to watch closely or pursue persistently.
- pointersIndicators that guide
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- spanielFloppy-eared gun dog
- beagleTracking hound breed
- WeimaranersGerman gray hunting breed
setters · field trials · covey · talent scout · hunters · flushing · good nose · sales · sales lead · fetch · scent · handler · field · trainer · tracker · English · hustle · German
- exercisespush-ups, pull-ups, squats, lunges, cable row
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- Southern Pastimesbass fishing, catfishing, deer hunting, duck hunting, crawfish boil
- fetchersretrievers, labs, golden retrievers, goldens, gofers
- Upland Huntinggrouse, pheasant, quail, chukar, partridge
- warm-upsjumping jacks, leg swings, arm circles, hip circles, arm swings
hunting dog function
bird dogshounds
Dogs bred to track
scent hounds · coonhounds · bloodhounds · foxhounds · hound dogs
working dog purpose
bird dogsherding dogs
Canines that manage livestock
sheepdogs · cattle dogs · Australian Shepherds · heelers · drovers