by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Feb 24, 2021
The tendency for male dogs to mark their territory is pretty well known, but these competitive Labs take it to the next level…literally. Anyone who has owned dogs for a long enough period of time has had to deal with such things as snatched food (AKA counter...
by Mark DeHaan | Dec 7, 2020
Deep within his soul, he needed the marsh and its ducks, perhaps now more than ever. “Come duck hunting with me.” “What?” she asked as if she must have misheard him. “Come duck hunting with me.” Now Terri was no foreigner to hunting. She...
by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Nov 25, 2020
Purchasing a hunting puppy is typically a joyous occasion for a family…but it should automatically come with a few additional items as a standard package. Not long after my wife Kat and I became the proud new owners of an 8-week-old Labrador retriever puppy...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 13, 2020
Because of developments in brain imaging technology, scientists are beginning to see evidence of “love” for humans within the canine brain. Dog lovers have a tendency to claim they know exactly what their dog is thinking based on certain behaviors. Even a graying...
by Tom Dokken, SportDOG Brand Sr. ProStaff | Nov 11, 2020
None of our dogs are perfect. Here are a few of the most common issues that retriever owners frequently need to address during the season. SPONSORED CONTENT Hunting season! Time for all your summer training and hard work to pay off. Thankfully, your waterfowl dog is...
by Tom Davis | Oct 26, 2020
Why would a man come to disavow the story of how his gundog saved his life? The man had grown up in a family of hunters, in a place where the sport is woven deeply into the cultural fabric. It’s celebrated, embraced. Blaze-orange “Welcome Hunters” banners are such a...
by Sam Jefferies | Aug 19, 2020
Of all the great moments I’ve laughed about and cried over, one keeps coming back. I’m glad to return to it as a reminder of his endless delight at life. I lost an old friend recently. Lando was as big-hearted as they come, a goer right to the end—a true companion in...
by Mike Gaddis | Jul 21, 2020
“Wouldn’t it be great?” Kjos said again, his blood up, completely dismissing the ducks, “To have a permanent puppy, to have first love over and over again?” The sun slept in that years-ago Utah morning over the Salt Lake marshes. Where Kjos and I were guests in an...
by Tom Davis | Jul 10, 2020
Two days after winning an 82-dog open all-age stake in the summer of 2016, Labrador retriever Stinger was barely able to walk… We’re all suckers for a comeback story, and one is, of course, Tiger Woods. Crippled by multiple injuries, his career in limbo and his...
by Tom Davis | Jun 23, 2020
No dog, to anybody’s knowledge, has done what Heidi did and racked up all the upland birds and all the migratory birds. In the late 1990s, on a beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, George Calef’s eye was caught by a smallish chocolate Lab. The dog was...
