Sentences with phrase «to retrieve birds»

It will enjoy bringing you the newspaper or your slippers as much as it loves to retrieve birds for the hunter.

If well - disciplined and well - trained, this dog breed will be the best hunting dog that will point and even retrieve any bird that you are hunting.

Sporting dogs were originally bred to help man hunt fowl by retrieving the birds from water or bushes.

The standard describes a dog which is of sufficient strength and structure to be capable of picking up and repeatedly retrieving birds in a day of hunting.

Cocker Spaniels would use their keen sense of smell to find birds, flush them out and then retrieve the birds with an ever wagging tail.

Sometimes it is useful to allow a puppy to observe an older dog retrieving birds - this can build enthusiasm and birdiness in a youngster that lacks confidence.

In case of water dogs, they will have to be good and keen swimmers to be able to dive into the water and retrieve the birds without dropping them.

Both handlers and dogs take such great pride when they successfully retrieve birds on land and in the water.

On blind retrieves the birds are hidden in cover beforehand and the dogs must retrieve them by obeying directions and signals from their handler.

The flat - coated retriever and other retrieving breeds were developed in the mid-19th century in response to the increased popularity of shooting birds for sport and the need to retrieve those birds once they hit the ground.

Labs have what is known as a soft mouth and are great at retrieving birds from the water.

Despite its small size, the dog is tenacious and capable of retrieving birds as large as Canada geese.

With the proper socialisation from an early age yes, however, if you rescue this crossbreed or have an older unsocialised dog you could encounter problems as Staffies can be dog aggressive and Labradors were bred to retrieve birds so your canary might be a temptation too far.

The primary purpose of this breed is to efficiently retrieve any bird or upland game.

The breed had to be capable of navigating their way through rough terrain, over long distances, determined and undeterred, retrieve the birds where they had fallen and bring them back to the hunter intact.

Chesapeakes were bred to work hard and they do a lot better if they have a job — whether retrieving birds or balls.

But I don't think he ever retrieved a bird in the four years I owned him.

Did you know that poodles were originally bred to retrieve birds for game hunters?

The truth is, nobody knows for sure where this small spaniel with the waterproof coat and keen nose came from, but by 1870, the American Brown Water Spaniel, as he was often called, was established in the Midwest as a versatile hunter that could find, flush, and retrieve birds with uncanny ability.

They were bred to be gun dogs that would retrieve birds without damaging them, but their personalities are so good that they have become one of the most common dogs in the US and the rest of the world.

Water dogs, as can be understood from their name itself, are dogs that are especially trained to retrieve birds from water.

Yet we never look at a Poodle and instantly think well, that dog is instantly going to retrieve birds in the water or would be excellent at finding truffles or that a Dachsund is going to instantly crawl down in a hole and kill the next badger it sees.

Logan, now shirtless, goes to retrieve the bird, who alternates perching on the elastic waist of Logan's boxers and my shoulder.

All birds will be implanted with micro-GPS trackers to trace their movements — in this way we can locate and retrieve birds that wander, but more importantly we can observe if the birds are forming the tight social units that historic passenger pigeons did.

The purpose of the dog was to retrieve birds and game from the water.

He somehow knows he is supposed to retrieve birds.

After several generations of critical selection, pups with specific traits were consistently produced and a new «breed» was identified — Greyhounds for speed, Huskies for sledding, German Shepherds for protection, Labradors for retrieving birds, etc..

Mating two dogs with specific traits was arranged to produce pups that could accomplish certain tasks; e.g., run fast, pull sleds, guard property, or retrieve birds.

And marvel at the amazing skill of our canine athletes as they find, flush, and retrieve birds.

In the same way that Labradors were bred to retrieve birds, Pit Bulls were originally bred for dog fighting and bull and bear baiting.

An agile athlete, the Barbet has been used primarily to locate, flush, and retrieve birds.

The Sporting breeds: selected to point, flush and retrieve birds their size and coat reflect the terrains they work in.

They are natural hunters: they were created to be water retrieving bird dogs, but they are also interested in watching and chasing rabbits.

Once the dogs have learnt to «Whoa», «Heel» and «Come», they must now learn to retrieve the birds.

Other water retrievers include the tough and curly coated Chesapeake Bay retrievers, that navigated the chilly waters of the Chesapeake Bay to retrieve birds.

In the same way that Labradors were bred to retrieve birds, pit bulls were originally bred for dog fighting and bull and bear baiting.

they were gun dogs, used to find and retrieve birds, not to kill them.

In motion, the ideal golden exhibits an attractive athleticism, whether he's walking at heel, jogging in the park with a family member or racing to retrieve a bird.

Known in the United Kingdom as an HPR breed (Hunt, point, and retrieve), they are expected to point and retrieve all birds and ground game up to and including hare.

This is a large, wirehaired dog that was developed in France to find and retrieve birds.

They've been used to retrieve birds and catch rats.

Their nose, developed for hunting, can still be used in the field today hunting and retrieving birds.

While the instincts to retrieve birds are bred into these dogs, those instincts need to be nurtured.

In the same way that Labradors were bred to retrieve birds, APBT's were bred to face other dogs in mortal combat.

Keeping man's best friend happy and healthy requires a big commitment, especially if he's retrieving birds all day.

He trained the dog, named Nous, to retrieve birds, and it went so well that he decided to breed Nous with a type of water spaniel that no longer exists.

However, the Cocker Spaniel has long been a bird dog, and they are still used to flush out and retrieve birds by hunters today.

English and American Cocker Spaniels were specifically bred to flush out and retrieve birds, and it's thought that their name comes from the «woodcock,» a bird that they are very good at hunting.

The retrievers will go out and retrieve the bird and bring it back to the hunter undamaged — retrievers are to have a «soft mouth» so not to bite too hard on the prey.

If you're interested in competing, you'll obviously have to make sure your dog likes to retrieve birds.