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Table of Contents Features Upland Retriever By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Accommodations for Aging By Steve Smith My Favorite Dog Is… A Photo Essay Today’s Nontoxic Shot By Larry Brown Tail-Wagging [...]

Al Arthur of Sandhill Retrievers and his dog ‘Cropper’s Fire in the Hole’ wins the retriever world’s highest field trial honor, The U.S. National Open Retriever Championship ST. CHARLES, MO – [...]

Table of Contents Features Alpha Females By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Lost Dog By Steve Smith A Double-Edged Sword By Jon Osborn Snow Geese & the Future of the Arctic By Dave Smith Retrieving on [...]

Features The Big Chill By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. A Spot of Color A Photo Essay The Big Bang Theory By Charlie Jurney The Last Two Weeks By Chris Smith The Surgical Quandary By Steve Smith [...]

Table of Contents Features Sixty Years of Opening Days By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. The ABCs of an Out-of-State Trip By Steve Smith Now We’re Talking By Charlie Jurney Don’t Scrap the Hunting Season [...]

Table of Contents Features Start Them Out Right By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. A Trio of Dog Food By Tom Keer Our Upland Gamebird Hunters By Dave Smith Habitats = Habits By Steve Smith Walk This Way By [...]

Table of Contents Features The Odd Couple By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Working on the Chain Gang By Charles Jurney Starting a Duck Camp By Steve Smith Cool-Running Dogs By Tom Keer Warming Up the [...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES All’s Well that Ends Well By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Duck Hunters By Steve Smith The Big Three By Charles Journey Whitefront Traditions By Dave Smith Happiness Afield A [...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Features It’s All About the Dogs By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Will Bird Migrations Start Changing? By Steve Smith What Have I Done? By Charles Journey The Puppy Paradox A Photo [...]

by Ken Thorson The basic concept of cognitive dissonance is that the brain, even in dogs, cannot tolerate contradictory beliefs or desires. This mental conflict is often resolved with behavior [...]