Curly Coated Retrievers
Friday, October 25, 2019
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The Curly Coated Retriever in a paradox. He has beauty, brains, and ability but, if not unpopular, is at least almost unknown in America. He is better appreciated in Australia and New Zealand.
The curly may be the oldest of the Retriever family. He has not changed for many years and is about the same dog that appeared in the first formal all-breed dog show—that in Birmingham, England, in 1869. The British used him as a duck dog early in the Nineteenth Century, about the time the now tremendously popular Chesapeake was being developed. The two are related.
You can read about "Chesapeake Bay Retriever" here
A great water dog, the St. John's Newfoundland was one of the Curly's early ancestors, as he was for other Retrievers. There were crosses with Water Spaniels, either with the extinct English variety or the Irish, perhaps both. There is a possibility a Poodle was used in the 1880s.
Although, known in America before the Civil War, the breed rates as one of the nations rarest breeds. Between the years 1941 and 1949 only eighteen of them were registered in the A.K.C. Stud Book.
The lack of appreciation is remarkable. Since the Curly-Coated, a mass of crisp curls, black or liver, all over, is a smart-looking, square-built dog with undisputed water prowess who also can be trained to be a good land worker.
The Curly is usually easily trained and has an easy-going temperament. Oddly enough, many American sportsmen think the breed is too slow while finding no fault with its other qualities, while Englishmen regard it as fast. The breed's first show appearance was in 1869. A Curly Coated Retriever Club was organized in England in 1896.
The curly may be the oldest of the Retriever family. He has not changed for many years and is about the same dog that appeared in the first formal all-breed dog show—that in Birmingham, England, in 1869. The British used him as a duck dog early in the Nineteenth Century, about the time the now tremendously popular Chesapeake was being developed. The two are related.
You can read about "Chesapeake Bay Retriever" here
A great water dog, the St. John's Newfoundland was one of the Curly's early ancestors, as he was for other Retrievers. There were crosses with Water Spaniels, either with the extinct English variety or the Irish, perhaps both. There is a possibility a Poodle was used in the 1880s.
Although, known in America before the Civil War, the breed rates as one of the nations rarest breeds. Between the years 1941 and 1949 only eighteen of them were registered in the A.K.C. Stud Book.
The lack of appreciation is remarkable. Since the Curly-Coated, a mass of crisp curls, black or liver, all over, is a smart-looking, square-built dog with undisputed water prowess who also can be trained to be a good land worker.
The Curly is usually easily trained and has an easy-going temperament. Oddly enough, many American sportsmen think the breed is too slow while finding no fault with its other qualities, while Englishmen regard it as fast. The breed's first show appearance was in 1869. A Curly Coated Retriever Club was organized in England in 1896.