Pointing dog breeds were originally bred as gundogs, typically used for finding game. When a pointing dog sniffs out game, they go “on point”, freezing in position, lifting a paw and aiming their nose ...

One second they’re trotting through the brush, the next—they’re frozen, staring down a scent only they can smell. Pointing dogs have that wild mix of instinct and drama that makes them a favorite in ...

Pointers are both excellent hunting dogs and loyal family companions. They’re categorized in the sporting group. These dogs are energetic but there are ways to try and keep their exuberance in check.

Once you own your first bird dog, bird hunting is never the same. It becomes deeper, richer, and more fully engaging. If you had to decide between bringing your dog and bringing your gun on a hunt, ...

The Griffon Korthals, officially known as Griffon d’Arrêt à Poil dur Korthals, combines rustic hunting passion with family ...

STURGEON LAKE -- Riley and Ruger eat up the grassy countryside, loping elegantly across the landscape at a farm near Sturgeon Lake. A pair of pointing dogs, they winnow the air for molecules of quail ...

In the time and place where I grew up—Sioux City, Iowa, in the 1960s and early ‘70s—hunting dog breeds didn’t live in the house, period. It simply wasn’t done. The proper place for a bird hunting dog ...

(AP) — Labrador retrievers aren’t letting go of their hold on U.S. dog lovers, but German shorthaired pointers are tugging on the top ranks of doggy popularity, according to new American Kennel Club ...

Jeff Paulus of rural Superior has been hunting with German wirehair retrievers since 1986. "I think that the wirehair is built for pheasants," Paulus said. "I think that's where they really, really ...