Modern, domesticated canines fill a wide variety of roles as companions, service animals, and working dogs. But what makes a dog a hunting dog? Does it rely on the registration paperwork from a kennel ...

Greg Cahlik enjoys a day in the field with his Labrador retrievers. Like most bird hunters around Ohio, he knows the prime game birds - ring-necked pheasants, ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail - are in ...