Buying and training a dog - whether for field work, as a gun dog, or as any other form of service dog - is a major investment of time, money and effort.
If you’ve invested so much, then you will want to care for your working dog by keeping it as warm and dry as possible. Whether winter training, or during the cold months of the game-shooting season, your dog is likely to get wet, either from rain or from retrieving in lakes, streams and rivers. And the more a dog is left cold and wet, especially during the winter months, the more that will impact its health and productivity later in life...