Gun Dogs

Off-Season Yard Work with Your Retriever

Try these simple, fun drills with your dog for a better experience in the duck blind. Our home is a perpetual work-in-progress. Both my wife and I enjoy working around our two...

Small Boat Retrievers

Exploring Two Spaniel Breeds Specifically Intended for Waterfowl Hunting from Small Boats Richard Wolters, one of the original retriever training gurus, emphasized “first and...

Versatile Breeds as Waterfowl Dogs

The Value of Versatile Hunting Dog Breeds Extends Beyond the Field and into the Duck Blind The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association defines “versatile hunting dog”...

The Outlier Breeds of Waterfowl Dogs

Exploring the Irish Water Spaniel and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Breaking the retrievers into four breed categories gives us the Chessies, Labs, and Goldens as the...

Hitting the Road: Traveling with Your Dog to Hunt

As you sit at your kitchen table and go down the checklist for all of the things you’ll need ahead of your next hunting trip out of state, don’t forget to consider the needs...

The History of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

A look into the unusual history of duck tolling and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. As far as the eye could reach, the middle of the stream and the broad water of the...

Flagship Retrievers – A Waterfowl Dog Overview

A History and Exploration into the World of Retrievers as Waterfowl Gun Dogs Think big water retrievers and Labradors, Chesapeake Bays, and goldens are the first to come to mind...

German Shorthaired Pointers for Waterfowl Hunting

I get a familiar question from clients at least a dozen times each month, “Can you use a GSP for waterfowl hunting?” The short answer is YES, absolutely! And here at No Limits...