HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced a bird-dog training license is required for people training bird dogs with wild birds or "birds not raised in captivity." Officials say if ...

Once you own your first bird dog, bird hunting is never the same. It becomes deeper, richer, and more fully engaging. If you had to decide between bringing your dog and bringing your gun on a hunt, ...

Thistle, who was co-owned by Julie Harris of Hermon and Ann Short of Acton, demonstrates one of the exercises Julie used with her to teach retrieving from the water and retrieving to hand. The ball ...

Sassy, owned by Julie Harris of Hermon, is letting Harris know she is ready to run on Moosehead Lake. Credit: Julie Harris Most bird dog training equipment is really static and maybe even rigid in how ...