Sentences with phrase «abilities as a gun dog»

However, early accounts of Airedales hunting also regularly included references to the breed's abilities as a gun dog, used to flush and retrieve a variety of upland birds and water fowl.

Not exact matches

Impressed with the Labrador Retriever in particular, visiting Englishmen took some dogs back to England, where breeding continued to improve their abilities as retrievers and gun dogs.

Recognizing that the Golden Retriever breed was developed as a useful gun dog, to encourage improvement by careful and selective breeding of Golden Retrievers that possess the appearance, structure, soundness, temperament, natural ability, and personality that are characterized in the standard of the breed, and to do all possible to advance and promote these qualities.

The Golden Retriever is a large - sized breed of dog bred as gun dogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties, and were named «retriever» because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged.

As guns became more effective over long distances, more birds were being felled and the need for the perfect dog with the retrieval ability to help the hunter became important.

The Golden Retriever is a large - sized breed of dog bred as gun dogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties, [3] and were named «retriever» because of their ability to retrieve shot game undamaged.

Unlike many gun dogs that have distinct «show types» and «field types,» the Brittany in the show ring has the same coat and structure and working ability as the Brittany in the field.