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 ...

October of 1999 found my lab pup, Mercury, and I hidden on a small southern Minnesota slough awaiting the noon waterfowl opener. It was a blazing hot day, the temps hovering in the mid-80s under clear ...

LITTLE FALLS – Dog treats. Fuzzy paint roller covers. A book about dolphin training. All three factor in to the rewards-based method Chad Hines uses to train hunting dogs at Willow Creek Kennels & ...

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 ...

He’s been around Labrador retrievers for a couple of decades now, and his kennel produces about 10 litters a year. Still, every once in a while, a puppy surprises Jeff Fuller. But no, not in the ...

Upland and waterfowl hunting seasons may be months away, but it's not too early to get a jump start on reinforcing a veteran hunting dog, or training an up-and-coming puppy prospect. Summertime dog ...