Tan, a red border collie handled by Calin Duce of Cardston, Alta., at work in the ring. (Melissa Bezan photo)

At Agribition: Young dogs debut their new tricks

'These guys show up to work'

Ranchers and livestock producers at a Regina farm show got a demonstration of a potential solution to looming labour shortages: dogs. Dogs and their handlers competed at the seventh annual Cattle Dog Futurity and Maturity competitions and the International Stock Dog Trials held Thursday at Canadian Western Agribition. The futurity event featured dogs born between

Little Niska and the big Canada geese she retrieved on a September hunt.

The hunter’s best friend

A hunting dog adds immeasurably to a hunt, as long as both hunter and canine know their tasks

I am on my third hunting dog and she is in the autumn of her hunting days. After three decades with a dog joining me on a grouse walk or in a duck blind, a bird hunt without my four-footed pal just doesn’t seem right. It’s not just because a well-trained dog adds tremendously to


File photo of a goose hunter and dog in Canada. (Brian Scholl/iStock/Getty Images)

Ontario domestic dog dies of avian flu

Three poultry barns east of Montreal see outbreaks in space of a week

Pet owners are being warned not to feed their animals raw meat from poultry or game birds or allow pets to consume or play with dead wild birds after the death of a dog from avian flu in southern Ontario. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday reported the results of a necropsy on an