
Sporting dogs were bred to help man with bird hunting. Some Sporting dogs have keen senses to detect prey and will alert their masters of the birds position. The dogs are sometimes trained to scare the birds into flight, allowing the hunters to get a clean shot as the birds begin to fly away. Other Sporting dogs are great swimmers, making it easy for them to retrieve prey from the water.
| American Water Spaniel | ![]() |
| Brittany Spaniel | ![]() |
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | ![]() |
| Clumber Spaniel | ![]() |
| Cocker Spaniel | ![]() |
| Curly-Coated Retriever | ![]() |
| English Cocker Spaniel | |
| English Setter | ![]() |
| English Springer Spaniel | |
| Field Spaniel | ![]() |
| Flat-Coated Retriever | ![]() |
| German Shorthaired Pointer | ![]() |
| German Wirehaired Pointer | |
| Golden Retriever | ![]() |
| Gordon Setter | ![]() |
| Irish Red and White Setter | ![]() |
| Irish Setter | ![]() |
| Irish Water Spaniel | ![]() |
| Labrador Retriever | ![]() |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | ![]() |
| Pointer | ![]() |
| Spinone Italiano | ![]() |
| Sussex Spaniel | ![]() |
| Vizsla | ![]() |
| Weimaraner | ![]() |
| Welsh Springer Spaniel | ![]() |
| Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | ![]() |