Hunting dogs

Hunting dogs


Foxhounds (trailing by scent); this is long but worth every minute.

VIDEO


Finnish Spitz (birds; bark)


Afghan Hounds (pursuit by sight; small mammals)


Single saluki (pursuit by sight; small mammals; )


Salukis (pursuit by sight; small mammals)


Porcelaine and Greek pathfinders (pursuit by sight; hares)


Portuguese Podengo (scenthound; small mammals)


Ibizan (sighthound; small mammals) (Ibizans are known for their vertical jump!)


Pointer in Iceland (scent; birds)


English Setter (Iceland); this behavior is called "coule" - like a "grace-note" in music, or the slip of the sword blade against your opponent's in fencing, the coulé is the stalking behavior of the dog at the side of the hunter towards the hidden bird. (more common in Europe; in the US, the dog more often flushes).


Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (tolling; ducks)