America’s most popular gun dog, the Labrador retriever, is bred for the water, yet it’s also equally at home in the uplands and in the house. Labs make great all-purpose hunting and family dogs, and ...

Golden retrievers came from Scotland back in the 1850s and ’60s. (Photo/Ric Ergenbright/Danita Delimont/Adobe Stock) Labs descend from the St. John’s water dog, a breed developed in Newfoundland as a ...

Modern, domesticated canines fill a wide variety of roles as companions, service animals, and working dogs. But what makes a dog a hunting dog? Does it rely on the registration paperwork from a kennel ...