Hunting dogs are dogs having certain key characteristics which make them different from the other dogs and thus suitable for hunting activities. These characteristics include sharp vision, high sensitivity to smell and sound, high running speed, stamina and an inborn hunting instinct. Thus, all dogs can’t be employed for hunting and hence hunting dogs are specially bred for such activities.

All over the country many dog breeders breed such hunting dogs and train them so that they are highly efficient at their trade, so don’t be afraid to ask your breeder for some dog training tips. Proper methods and guidelines are followed to develop such dogs and over the years the hounds, terriers, curs and the gun dogs have proved to be good at hunting.

Different hunting dogs are suited to different climate and conditions like retrievers can easily catch their preys in water and hounds run very fast on land and through shrubs. Also, the choice of a suitable hunting dog for a specific situation or set-up depends on the sense they rely most to catch or follow the prey.