Dutch Partridge Dog

A multi Spain-type hunting dog from the Dutch region of Drenthe, the Drentsche Patrijshond. Around 5 000 dogs are registered with a race club of the Netherlands, and breeding clubs in Belgium, Denmark, Scandinavia and North America exist, as called the Dutch Partridge Dog (or "Drenthe" after Drenthe) in English. Drentsche Patrijshond has a similarity with spaniel as well as setter dog kinds. This hog is commonly employed as a good pointer and recuperator to hunt poultry and well suits the field or ponds.

White with orange or brown markings is valid color. White, often with big brown plates (spots). Usually, there is a platform on the rear over the tail. A mantle is allowed (big marking on the back), but less so. The coat is long and medium, with legs and long hair on the front of the chest that looks like a coat with longer hair. Patrijshond Drentshe is between 55 and 63 centimeters (22 to 25 in). [1] on the fuck. The typical weight of the breed is between 48 and 73 pounds.

The origins of Drentsche Patrijshond date back to the 16th century, from the Spioenen (or Spanjoelen), which came from Spain in the Netherlands from France, and is linked to the German Small Münsterländer and the French Epagneul. These canines were referred as as partridge dogs in the Netherlands.

For centuries, such in the 17th century work The present of The Hunter, c. 1658–60 by Gabriel Metsu the presence of partridge hounds was evident. The perdrix dog lies on the hunter's knee in the picture, as the man hands a woman a partridge that was then a double hearer. [4] The dog is a huge, stocky dog that could be able to pull a cart. In a picture by the same artist, The Poultry Seller, 1662, the range of the early type is illustrated by the smaller, lighter dog of the same kind. The Hunter's Present. This artwork also has a lady offering a bird, which her dog suspects.

The type had been held as an unpreserved species for decades in the rural province of Drenthe until being formally recognized as a modern race in 1943. The breed standard was initially created in 1943 and authorized by the Raad van Beher op Kynologisch Gebied (Dutch Kennel Club) in the Netherlands as the Drentsche Patrijshond is a breed developed in the Netherlands. The Fédération Cynologique International has acknowledged that the breed is the standard utilized in international competition by the race's Country of Origin. The United States Kennel Club also admits