hunting dogs
Beagles and pointers
Hunting dogs are breeds specifically developed to assist hunters in finding, tracking, flushing, or retrieving game.
The category includes pointers and setters that locate birds, hounds that track by scent or sight, retrievers that fetch downed waterfowl, and terriers bred to pursue burrowing prey.
These dogs are distinguished by keen senses, stamina, and trainability, though many hunting breeds now serve primarily as family pets.
The hunting dogs worked the field in wide sweeps, noses to the ground.
- bayingProlonged, mournful howling
- gun dogHunting canine assistant
- veneryArt of the chase
- treeingChasing up limbs
- gone to groundHidden to avoid pursuit
prey drive · retriever · duck blind · canine · good nose · beagle · field trials · tracking · setters · dachshund · chase · fetch · pheasant · kennels · trail · flush · scent · handler
- huntingtracking, deer calls, stands, flushing, rifle
- dog termsmastiffs, spaniels, greyhounds, beagles, terriers
- bird huntingshotguns, retrievers, duck calls, game birds, decoys
- British huntingfoxhunting, pheasant shooting, beagles, beagling, game keepers
- sporting artwildlife art, field sports, game animals, game birds, dog portraits
- jungle huntingblowgun, blowguns, bows, arrows, arrow
hunting dogsherding dogs
Canines that manage livestock
guard dogs · companion dogs · lap dogs · Great Pyrenees · service dogs
hunting dogslap dogs
Small dogs bred for cuddling
Pekingese · Shih Tzu · Maltese · Pomeranian
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