gun dogs
Pointers and setters
Gun dogs are breeds trained to assist hunters with firearms—retrieving downed birds, flushing game from cover, or pointing to locate prey.
The category includes retrievers, spaniels, setters, and pointers.
The term distinguishes these working breeds from hounds, which hunt by scent or sight without guns: Labradors make excellent gun dogs.
- spanielFloppy-eared gun dog
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
- working dogsDogs trained for tasks
- pointersIndicators that guide
- setterOne who establishes
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gun dogsscent hounds
Dogs that hunt by smell
lurchers · greyhounds · wolfhounds · deerhounds · terriers
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Canines trained for protection
herding dogs · lap dogs · companion dogs · toy dogs · sled dogs
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Dogs bred to track
foxhounds · beagles · coonhounds · bloodhounds · boarhounds