Thistle, who was co-owned by Julie Harris of Hermon and Ann Short of Acton, demonstrates one of the exercises Julie used with her to teach retrieving from the water and retrieving to hand. The ball ...

Sassy, owned by Julie Harris of Hermon, is letting Harris know she is ready to run on Moosehead Lake. Credit: Julie Harris Most bird dog training equipment is really static and maybe even rigid in how ...

Game bird hunters depend on their dogs. Each dog is carefully trained to sniff out the birds, vigilantly sending them to flight and then watching intently as their masters take a shot. When birds are ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced a bird-dog training license is required for people training bird dogs with wild birds or "birds not raised in captivity." Officials say if ...

Bird dogs don’t make time during winter, spring and summer for analyzing films and contemplating improvements to their game before the next hunting season. In fact, most bird dogs get little ...