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Brindle: A mixture of black with brown, tan, or gold, usually in a "tiger stripe" pattern. [3] Sometimes called grizzle when the pattern is not in lines. [3] Roan: A kind of ticking on the hair where half the fur is one color and the other half is a different color. In English Setters, this color pattern is called a Belton pattern. [3]
Dogs have been shown to learn by making inferences in a similar way to children. [67] [4]: 170–180 Dogs have the ability to train themselves and learn behaviors through watching and interacting with other dogs. [68] In one study dogs were first introduced to a setting with two bowls, one with a reward.
Perform a blind retrieve: When hunting waterfowl, a retriever's primary job is to retrieve downed birds. At times, a dog will not see the game fall, so retrievers are trained to take hand, voice, and whistle commands from the handler directing the dog to the downed game for retrieval. This is called a “blind retrieve”.
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a large breed of dog belonging to the retriever, gundog, and sporting breed groups. [1] [2] [3] The breed was developed in the United States Chesapeake Bay area during the 19th century.
The Labrador Retriever is a gun dog bred to retrieve on land and water. [36] As a dog specially bred for water retrieving, the Labrador has developed various traits for this job. For retrieving the Labrador Retriever has a soft mouth , a trait that allows it to carry game and waterfowl without damaging it. [ 37 ]
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Pointer and setter trials are trials for both pointing dogs and setters. [1] During pointer and setter trials the dogs are run in a brace (pair of dogs run together) with two judges observing, the dogs are worked into the wind on live gamebirds, they are required to quarter their assigned beat, finding and pointing any game in the beat.
Pointing dogs, sometimes called bird dogs, are a type of gundog typically used in finding game. [1] [2] Gundogs are traditionally divided into three classes: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds. [3] The name pointer comes from the dog's instinct to point, by stopping and aiming its muzzle towards game. This demonstrates to the hunter ...