The Gordon setter is a medium-large sporting breed from Scotland. It has a silky, medium-length double coat in black with tan markings. There’s feathering on the ears, chest, stomach, legs, and tail.

As long as we’ve known them, dogs have helped humans hunt. Some hunting dog breeds, like the American Foxhound, were perfected by humans over time to ensure the dogs could effectively track and roam ...

Setters are types of dogs that hunters often use to hunt birds that live mostly on the ground, such as quail, which is why they’re also called bird dogs. The dogs don’t catch the birds themselves, but ...

The work it takes to train a dog to be a hunting partner is so worth the effort on so many levels. A lot of work goes into training and maintaining a hunting dog, but it’s a labor of love. When a ...

This story, “Lingering Greatness,” appeared in the January 1985 issue of Outdoor Life. The last half of December had been much colder than usual, and early January wasn’t much better. After finally ...

English Setters were developed in England in the 1800s, initially bred as hunting dogs to locate game, whereupon they would “set” – crouch low and freeze. These friendly dogs can come in a range of ...

MARTELL — Jim Keller’s dogs don’t look like the coiffed Irish setters at the Westminster Kennel Club’s dog show. And Keller couldn’t be more delighted. It’s easy to understand why Irish setters are so ...