GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. — Most English setters have a thick, flowing coat of fur that is much longer and curlier than that of a typical English pointer. When the conditions on a field-trial course get ...

The excitement of a child on Christmas morning pales in comparison to the palpable anticipation of a sporting dog during a field trial, even if it’s only for practice. The English setter, Montana’s ...

HARWINTON >> Gregor McCluskey and his Red Setter, Braeval Laddie, emerged the winners of a highly competitive bird dog championship in Illinois earlier this month. McCluskey, owner of Braeval Sporting ...

How do you choose among so many bird dog breeds? Well, the first step is thinking about your needs. What do you hunt? How often do you hunt? Will you train the dog yourself? Will a new dog be a family ...

I love gun dogs, which means I wouldn’t walk a pheasant or quail field or sit in a blind without one. Dogs make every hunt. On some days they cast perfectly and handle every bird with ease. On others ...

"Whoa there, take it easy, Roscoe," Garry Taylor said to his eager little Brittany spaniel. Roscoe and his partner Elly, a beautiful English setter, had a pheasant pinned down in the brush right in ...