Bird Dogs

n. gundog used to hunt birds

A bird dog is a gun dog or hunting dog used to hunt or retrieve birds. In the southern United States the term bird dog refers specifically to the English Pointer.Other uses:A man who steals another man's girlfriend or date, as in The Everly Brothers' song "Bird Dog".The Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, an airplane named for its use, similar to that of bird dogs, in scouting the area (reconnaissance).A referral fee, or "bird dog fee", is sometimes used in business. If Jake hires a company to perform some type of service and then recommends the company to Chester, who then hires the company and gives Jake as a reference, the company may give Jake a bird dog fee as a bonus for "retrieving" a new customer."Bird dog" can also be referenced to the real estate market, which is a person who locates properties for investors or silent partners. In many States this practice is illegal unless the person receiving the fee has a valid real estate license. A person may be subject to fines or even jail time.A regional baseball scout. "Bird dogs" are generally not team employees but instead are members of a network of contacts established by a full-time area scout, and earn fees by suggesting youth players worth watching to the team.In athletics, especially football, a drill in which a specific movement or play is walked through on a step-by-step basis.In grassroots political campaigning, especially in AIDS advocacy, the tactic of asking pointed questions to political candidates in public forums, with the intent to elicit public promises from the candidate for better policyUsed on the U.S. Gulf Coast to refer to a flat bottomed workboat with the outboard motor positioned in a well forward. Commonly used for net fishing and clamming.Bird Dog is the title of an album by New Zealand band The Verlaines.
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Bird Dog redirects here. For other uses, see bird dog The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog, was the first all metal fixed wing aircraft ordered for and by the US Army, since the US Army Air Force separated from the army in 1947, becoming its own branch of service, the United States Air Force. The L-19 had a lengthy career in the US military as well as in other countries.
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individuals, sometimes junior salespeople, who seek out sales leads and prospects for more experienced salespeople. See Prospects; Sales Leads; Spotters.