Animal Shelter Daily Pet Tip Archive

Portuguese Water Dog

Alternative Names: cao de agua, Portguese fishing dog, cao de agua de pelo ondulado(long-haired), Cao de agua de pelo encaradolado (curly coated)

Country of Origin: Portugal

History: Portuguese water dogs have played an important part in the Portuguese fishing industry for centuries. The dogs ...Read More...

Pointer

Alternative Name: English Pointer

Country of Origin: Great Britain

History: The pointer was developed in the late seventeenth century in England to be used when hunting with the slow- ...Read More...

What breed is the boldest???

Based on a study of 164 breeds conducted by Dr. Kenth Svartberg of Stockholm University from 1997 to 2000, the following breeds were found to be the boldest:

1. Labrador retriever

2. Flat-coated retriever ...Read More...

Perdiguero Navarro

Alternative Names: old Spanish pointer, Navarro pointer, pachon de Victoria

Country of Origin: Spain

History: The perdiguero Navarro is believed to have been developed as early as the twelfth century. It may be the ...Read More...

Perdigueiro Portugueso

Alternative Names: Portuguese pointer

Country of Origin: Portugal

History: This breed is believed to date back to the thirteenth century; paintings from that era portray dogs that look much ...Read More...

Old Danish Bird Dog

Alternative Names: gummel Dansk honsehond, Old Danish pointing dog, gumle Danske honsehund

Country of Origin: Denmark

History: The Old Danish bird dog is believed to be a descendent of crosses between Itailian and Spanish pointers ...Read More...

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

Alternative Names: toller, little river duck dog, Yarmouth toller, duck toller

Country of Origin: Canada

History: The duck toller was developed in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, in the early nineteenth century. Although the ...Read More...

Large Munsterlander

Alternative Names: grosser Munsterlander vorstehund

Country of Origin: Germany

History: The large Munsterlander is a cross of pointers, wachtelhunds and stoberhunds, all believed to be descended ...Read More...

Labrador Retriever

Alternative names: Lab

Country of Origin: Newfoundland (Canada)

History: Bred as a hunter and water retriever, the Lab was developed from Saint John’s Newfoundlands and other gun ...Read More...

Kooikerhondje

Alternative Names: kookier dog, Dutch decoy spaniel, Dutch decoy dog

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

History: The kooikerhondje is an old Dutch breed that is believed to have been developed in the sixteenth century. It ...Read More...