Sentences with phrase «for upland game birds»

Long walks with a backpack; joining regular volksmarches or walkathons; training for tracking titles, obedience and agility competitions; training for dog sled races or treks; hunting for upland game birds or other quarry — all satisfy the dog's need for active work.

Not exact matches

Almost killed by kindness for 50 years, the chukar partridge is now becoming the most prized upland game bird of the Far West

Golden Retrievers are medium sized, and were originally meant for retrieving water birds, and for retrieving some upland game birds.

If I was to get one, I'd be talking to those select few breeders that are working to breed what these dogs were originally for: upland game bird retrieving.

Originally a dog bred exclusively for noble families and to work with their families» falconers before guns were used in bird and small game hunting, ancestors of the Small Münsterländer (formerly the Kleiner Münsterländer Vorstehhund) had to work in upland areas to flush prey for the falcon, then allow the falcon to keep the prey until the falconer could retrieve it while the dog pointed at the catch.