Gun dog: Difference between revisions

[[File:Group of Gun Dogs from 1915.JPG|thumb|right|A group of Gun dogs as printed in ''Dogs of All Nations'' by W.E. Mason in 1915]]

'''Gun dogs''', or '''bird dogs''', are [[dog type|type]]s of [[hunting dog]]s developed to assist [[hunter]]s in finding and retrieving game, usually [[bird]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2013/0205/What-is-the-best-dog-breed-The-most-popular-pooches-in-US-since-1880/1880s-gun-dogs|title=What is the best dog breed? The most popular pooches in US since 1880|date=5 February 2013|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2018|via=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/pets/essentials/seven-types-of-dog/|title=The 7 categories of dog|date=10 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: [[retriever]]s, flushing dogs, and [[pointing breed]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgkmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT23&lpg=PT23&dq=gun+dog+breeds#q=gun+dog+breeds|title=Bird Dog: The Instinctive Training Method|first=Ben O.|last=Williams|date=3 July 2012|publisher=Willow Creek Press|isbn=9781607556824|accessdate=6 July 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>