The St. Johns water Dog
över knäna....
Det finns så mycket jag tycker om hos mina Curlisar...deras envishet, deras lojalitet och kraftfulla utstrålning...
och de har en omåttligt potion av humor! Keron är så otroligt lekfull...en härlig egenskap...
Fyra är lugnet själv, med en otrolig motor när det gäller!
Curlyn hade sin storhetstid i början av 1800-talet, då de var den populäraste retrievern...
Varken Keron eller Fyra hade funnits här hos mig om det inte vore för de hundar som är
grunden till Curly Coated Retriever.....eller de människor som lagt ner tid och engagemang på
att få fram och tillvarata denna härliga ras, tack!
St. Johns water dog:
"The wavy-coated retriever is an important early retriever breed. The wavy-coat descends
from the St. John's Water Dog, which may have had long-haired dogs in its type. This breed is
credited with being ancestral to all retrievers, except the curly-coat, which was in development before
this breed from the island of Newfoundland
(the island part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador) was imported to Britain. (The curly probably was crossed with this dog at some point, however).
The wavy-coat was developed when the word retriever described a function rather than a breed.
Any dog that picked up shot game could be a retriever. Collies, setters, pointers, land spaniels,
and water spaniels were all probably used as retrievers and cross-bred.
The St. John's Water dog just happened to be a very good retriever dog, and it
became the ur dog from which all retrievers eventually were developed."
Nu ska vi grilla...senare blir det skräckfilm :)
Vad intressant! Visste inte alls det om Curlysar.
