English Red Decoy Dog
English Decoy Dog, Red Decoy Dog
The English Red Decoy Dog is most often mentioned as a possible ancestor to the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. At times it will even be found in text alongside the Kooikerhondje. In reality, these dogs were not a breed, but a type used as a decoy to hunt waterfowl. It is said any red dog that had the skill to entice waterfowl into waiting nets was used. During this time period, there were few established breeds. Today it remains one of many that exists only in breed reference books, repeated over and over from one source to the next. If these dogs had any part to play in the development of the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever or Kooikerhondje, it was in the hunting style passed from one generation to the next.
English Red Decoy Dog Facts
- most often red spaniel-like dogs
- could be any type
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