They can do anything, especially since they have Beauceron, a herding breed, in their genetic makeup.
My second one, the Wonder Dobe was sired by a field champion, whose owner hunted birds with him.
I never gave any thought to that until my dad paid a fortune for a Brittany Spaniel with field champion lines.
All summer long, I had to set the pigeons in their cages all over the field and dad would send his dog out to point them.
Bless the dog’s heart, he sucked.
I sat with my dog watching this, day after day until it finally got next to me and I said “Tito, go find ‘em”.
He shot under the fence and into the field and executed picture perfect points on all 12 pigeons over 4 acres in a matter of minutes.
My dad just stood there, mouth agape.
He muttered a few cuss words and took the dog back to his kennel and the dog was “just a pet” after that day.
And I swear Tito was smirking when he walked past him.
Doves are one of the best breeds of guard watch dogs, man they protect the flock.
LOL! Now that would have been something I would have liked to have seen.
I taught an English Shep to hunt pheasants once. Dang dog was NUTS over hunting those.
Wasnt hard to do.
and man, a doby can squat that rabbit.. like rolling thunder..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n18n9FdKNNw
LOL! I'm not much of a "dog person," but that was funny.