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A typical Flat-Coated Retriever expression. Originating in the mid-19th century in England, the Flat-Coated Retriever gained popularity as a gamekeeper’s dog. Part of its ancestry is thought to have come from stock imported from North America from the now extinct St. John's water dog, but this is unverified.
In the early days Golden Retrievers were called the 'Flat-coated Retriever, Golden', [note 2] Initially the Golden Retriever was considered a colour variety of the former breed. [3] In 1903 the Kennel Club recorded the first examples, listing them in the same register as Flat-coats. [ 3 ]
The Small Münsterländer is one of the four oldest versatile breeds and the longhaired versatile hunting dogs evolved from the Small Münsterländer and Flat-Coated Retriever. The Small Münsterländer is thought to be well over 500 years old, originating from the Munster region of Germany but not related to the Large Münsterländer, and ...
The Curly-coated Retriever (not always hyphenated, and often called the Curly for short) is a breed of dog originally bred in England for upland bird and waterfowl hunting. It is the tallest of the retrievers and is easily distinguishable by the mass of tight curls covering its body.
The village of Norham, Northumberland, just south of the River Tweed was noted as being "long famous" for a breed of water spaniel of which were "invariably brown". [2]In 1816, Richard Lawrence wrote of the origins of the Tweed Water Spaniel, "Along rocky shores and dreadful declivities beyond the junction of the Tweed with the sea of Berwick, water dogs have derived an addition of strength ...
Gun dog Baxer beat six other finalists to claim the show’s top honour on Sunday.
Modern-day Labrador Retriever mixes, such as this one from Atlantic Canada, may show their genetic ancestry through the manifestation of the tuxedo coat pattern of the St. John's water dog. The St. John's water dog, also known as the St. John's dog or the lesser Newfoundland, is an extinct landrace of domestic dog from Newfoundland.
"The adult Bearded Collie has a double coat comprised of a soft, furry and close undercoat, and an outer coat which is flat, harsh, strong and shaggy, free from woolliness and curl, though slight ...