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Sporting group dog breeds are known for retrieving, pointing and setting, as you’ll note from many of their names. When guns were invented and hunters began relying on a good shot to catch game ...
Hound group. Working group. Terrier group. Toy group. Non-sporting group. Herding group. The sporting group consists of breeds that originally worked with hunters to find and retrieve feathered ...
The Vizsla (Hungarian:), [a] also known as Hungarian Vizsla, Magyar Vizsla or Hungarian Pointer, is a dog breed from Hungary and belongs to the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) group 7 (Pointing Dogs), [3] the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) group 1 (Sporting group), [4] and the American Kennel Club (Sporting group). [5]
Dog fanciers use the term "breed type" in the sense of "qualities (as of bodily contour and carriage) that are felt to indicate excellence in members of a group". [17] "Breed type" is specific to each dog breed's written standard. A dog that closely resembles the appearance laid out in the standard is said to be "typey". [18] "Type" also is ...
The dog's head will remain raised as it savours the airborne scent and it intently stares in the direction of where the birds are hiding. Its tail will be held level with its back. [1] [2] The breed is classified in the Gundog Group by the Kennel Club in the U.K. and in the Sporting Group by the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs.
The Gordon Setter is a Scottish large breed of dog, a member of the setter family that also includes both the better-known Irish Setter and the English Setter. Setter breeds are classified as members of either the Sporting or Gundog Group depending on the national kennel club or council. The original purpose of the breed was to hunt gamebirds.
The English Cocker Spaniel is a breed of gun dog.It is noteworthy for producing one of the most varied numbers of pups in a litter among all dog breeds. The English Cocker Spaniel is an active, good-natured, sporting dog [1] standing well up at the withers and compactly built. [2]
English Setters are classified within the gundog group in the UK [54] and the Sporting group in America and Canada. [55] [56] The FCI place them in section 2, British and Irish Pointers and Setters, of Group 7. [57] In the English Setter breed, compared to other breeds, there are very few Dual Champions. [53]