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Gundogs/
Sporting
These are all the breeds that were
bred to help on shoots; tracking and
retrieving game shot by the gun.
T
hey include Retrievers who would find
fallen game on land and in water and carry
it in their soft mouths back to their master.
Labradors, Goldens, and Curly Coats are all popular
representatives of this group.
Spaniels, such as the Cocker, the English Springer,
and the Welsh Springer were used to hunt and flush
out game from thick undergrowth. Setters, such as the
striking, red Irish and the black-and-tan Gordon Setter,
were used to find and set game for the guns, while the
Pointer showed an unusual talent for indicating game
by freezing on point.
The multi-talented European gundogs were bred to
hunt, point, and retrieve, and they include the German
Shorthaired Pointer, and the Italian Spinone.
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