BETHESDA — After years as a backup, Emmitt is flourishing as top dog for Team Weaver. Emmitt, a mountain cur, is Weaver’s latest squirrel hunting companion. For years he was the understudy to Arlo, a ...

Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

Squirrel hunting is popular in many states, including Michigan. It is only natural that dogs would be employed to locate and “tree” squirrels, and using “squirrel dogs," a time-honored tradition in ...

“They’re one of the best meats if they’re prepared right.” That is how eating squirrels was described to me by my guide last week, in western Kentucky. If anyone would know, it should be him. Still, I ...

BETHESDA -- Watching the old man amble tiredly up the hill signaled the end of an era. It is, sadly, Arlo's last season as starting quarterback on Tim Weaver's highly successful squirrel hunting team.

The Mountain Cur is one of America’s original working dogs–brave, energetic, and with a strong hunting instinct. Originally bred by European settlers, it was an indispensable helper on farms and ...

"How did it get so late so soon?" — Dr. Seuss Abby the cur dog is treeing a squirrel, and she is very serious about this. She is barking her signature cur dog double bark, which she does when she is ...

Vizslas Betty and Mabel live in an area filled with wildlife, and if there’s one thing these two hunting dogs love, it’s stalking out potential prey. These pups pretty much do it all; they hunt, point ...