Do Birds Use Dog Hair for Nesting Material? “Can I put out dog hair or other pet hair for birds to use in their nests?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Gary Smith of Seattle, Washington. Birding experts ...

There are few sights more joyful than a dog bounding through the countryside. But for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, the experience is quite different. Letting a dog off its leash can ...

"Whoa there, take it easy, Roscoe," Garry Taylor said to his eager little Brittany spaniel. Roscoe and his partner Elly, a beautiful English setter, had a pheasant pinned down in the brush right in ...

Game bird hunters depend on their dogs. Each dog is carefully trained to sniff out the birds, vigilantly sending them to flight and then watching intently as their masters take a shot. When birds are ...