We celebrate remarkable achievements at this year’s Crufts, where a Devon-based flat-coated retriever named Barney won BASC’s prestigious gamekeeper class. Owned by gamekeeper Sue May and shown by Helen Ford, Barney showcased the perfect blend of skill, versatility and training, proving why working dogs are integral to conservation and gamekeeping.
Read moreSometimes it's all too easy for dogs to retrieve early-season birds that are exhausted rather than shot; but it's bad practice, writes David Tomlinson
Dissatisfied with modern working springer spaniels, Peter and Bernadette may have successfully re-introduced a more traditional strain of this gundog breed
Three Shooting Times gundog experts consider the best way to stop a dog fight – and how to prevent it in the first place
Nick Ridley looks at how the same gundogs are used abroad and asks why we use two breeds in the UK when we could just use one
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