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What (who) is gun dog - definition

DOG TYPE
Gundog; Gundog group; Gun Broken; Gun Broke; Gun-dog training; Sporting group; Field-bred; Sporting dog; Gun dogs; Gundogs; Gundog Group; Sporting Group; Flushing dog; Sporting dogs; Dog gun
  • An English Springer Spaniel (Liver and White) and English Cocker Spaniel (Blue Roan)
  • A group of gun dogs as printed in ''Dogs of All Nations'' by W.E. Mason in 1915
  • Painting of a Pointer and two Setters by [[Johann Wenzel Peter]] circa 1829
  • A yellow male adult Labrador Retriever

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¦ noun a dog trained to retrieve game for a gamekeeper or the members of a shoot.
gun dog         
also gundog (gun dogs)
A gun dog is a dog that has been trained to work with a hunter or gamekeeper, especially to find and carry back birds or animals that have been shot.
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Gun dogs, or bird dogs, are types of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually quail, dove, or duck. Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds.

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Gun dog

Gun dogs, or bird dogs, are types of hunting dogs developed to assist hunters in finding and retrieving game, usually quail, dove, or duck. Gun dogs are divided into three primary types: retrievers, flushing dogs, and pointing breeds.

Examples of use of gun dog
1. She was clearly disturbed and reluctant to be disciplined, so I took her to the canine equivalent of Eton – a very posh gun dog training establishment in Dorset.
2. He had shot this when he saw it chasing his gun dog." According to the report, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was informed and officials believed the cat had escaped from illegal ownership or a zoo.
3. We acquired a labrador from a rescue centre who, we found out some time later, almost certainly had been a working gun dog as he knew all the right commands.