We haven’t talked about cur dogs for a while. Just to be honest I have been thinking about them a lot lately as I am trying to find one to replace my little cur dog Dotzie, who I lost almost a year ...

The first dogs in my memory were the farm dogs we used for herding our dairy cows. This was back in the 1950s, when the Thumb had countless small farms, usually entailing milk cows. A common dog in ...

It was a rainy morning in November and the small stand of public timber was filled with deer hunters. I typically come to this spot during the week, but this was a Sunday and the mud hole that doubled ...

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sometimes I'm just too busy to get a column out, so I asked a guest to step in for me this time. Please, no comments about her writing better than I do. My name is Dotzie, and I'm a dog ...

Most hunting pursuits have a rich history, but few can compare to following behind a hound as it skillfully tracks wild game. And when it comes to hunting with hounds, no animal in the country will ...

Once you have hunted with a good retriever, you will want one as your own hunting dog. A duck dog lets you hunt places you couldn’t otherwise hunt—and take shots you wouldn’t otherwise take, for fear ...

A team of US-based scientists has recently identified antibodies to H5 and N1 subtype influenza A virus in hunting dogs from Washington, USA. The study is published in the Centers for Disease Control ...

This guest post is by Teresa Tyler, Ph.D. candidate and director of TheDoGenius. It was originally printed in the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Journal. Source: Teresa Tyler ...

Thousands of years ago, ancestors of the modern gray wolf inhabited Europe, crossing the Bering Strait into America around the same time that early humans made the journey. These ancient wolves are ...

Donna Sue Hoffman's Catahoula cur dog isn't a purebred. "He's a mix," the Rayville resident said. Still, the dog's Catahoula cur traits are prevalent, which made her curious enough about the breed's ...

Moose is a good boy. The 4-year-old black mouth cur recently located a python nest in the Everglades — with a python sitting on top of it — according to the dog's owner, Mike Kimmel of Indiantown. The ...