Dog
Because of their exuberant, tail-wagging friendliness, many people don’t realize that well-bred sporting goldens are not only excellent trackers on land or water, but also excel at bomb-sniffing and...
Filed In: Culture, Destination, Dog, Experience
About an hour east of Tallahassee, Florida, just a short hop from Thomasville, Georgia, in the heart of the Southern quail-hunting culture, Dixie Plantation has figured prominently in pointing-dog his...
Filed In: Culture, Destination, Dog, Experience
The Tennessee Walking Horse is the traditional field trial mount. Its comfortable, four-beat gaits, ground-eating stride, willing temperament, and all-day endurance make it an effective and enjoyable ...
Filed In: Dogs, hunting, On the Hunt, Training
Judy Balog, who owns and runs Silvershot Weimaraners in Michigan with Jerry Gertiser, has owned Weimaraners for more than 20 years....
Filed In: Culture, Dog, Experience, Heritage, Personality, Tradition
If you’re passionate about hunting dogs, get to know the one man in dog training today who stands above others....
Filed In: Culture, Dog, History, The Sporting Life
Outside the First Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, sometime around 1905, a small spaniel-type dog was noticed by banker Alexander L. White after Sunday services. White adopted the d...
Filed In: Dog, Hunt, Sporing, The Sporting Life
The scenting ability of golden retrievers has been called the best among retriever breeds so often that the term “golden nose” was coined to champion their gift. Golden owner and......
Filed In: Dog, Experience, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…The young pointer quartered into the wind, his gait as effortless and graceful as a whitetail buck’s, his tail a high-waving baton. His black-on-white coat gleamed; his rippling muscles...
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…Cotton, an eight-year-old English setter, jumped out of the truck, hit the ground, and ran in a circle. A bit short for a setter, she was taller than a......
Filed In: Bird, Dog, Hunt, Memories, Sporting, Stories, The Sporting Life
An excerpt…I called home and told my wife Ruth I would take her to the Mexican place for lunch. It’s her favorite. I would be banking some “points” should a......
