CORAPEAKE, N.C. - Held tightly in her mother's arms, 18-month-old Cali Rogers pointed as hound dog No. 47 screamed past. Cali loves the dogs so much that "Mommy" or "Daddy" weren't her first words.

ROBERTS, Idaho — Prior to the turn of the last century, a group of hunting dogs developed in Europe came to be known as versatile dogs. These dogs were created to point to both fur and feathered game, ...