sporting dog

/spɔrdɪŋ dɔg/

Other forms: sporting dogs

Definitions of sporting dog

1. noun

   a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns
   synonyms: gun dog

   types:

   bird dog

   a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds

   water dog

   a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl

   retriever

   a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

   Spanish pointer, pointer

   a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

   setter

   a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

   spaniel

   any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

   griffon, wire-haired pointing griffon

   breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France

   flat-coated retriever

   an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water

   curly-coated retriever

   an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water

   golden retriever

   an English breed having a long silky golden coat

   Labrador retriever

   breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat

   Chesapeake Bay retriever

   American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan

   German short-haired pointer

   liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany; 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound

   Hungarian pointer, vizsla

   Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat

   English setter

   an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white

   Irish setter, red setter

   an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat

   Gordon setter

   a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat

   Brittany spaniel

   tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat

   clumber, clumber spaniel

   a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair

   field spaniel

   large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel

   springer, springer spaniel

   a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white

   English cocker spaniel, cocker, cocker spaniel

   a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England

   Sussex spaniel

   an English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat

   water spaniel

   any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl

   type of:

   hunting dog

   a dog used in hunting game