This is an article written by the author, gun dog trainer, and dog expert Dave Duffey about the Boykin Spaniel and originally published in Gun Dog magazine i...

Published January 23, 2020 Copyright J. Marti and PlanetCurly.com Nineteenth-century gamekeepers and poachers battled each other, even to the point of death,...

Aristocrats, royalty, poachers, and gamekeepers all contributed to the development of the modern-day curly-coated retriever. In this post, we share a bit abo...

Most of you reading this have likely encountered at least one version of the history of the Newfoundland, the Labrador, the Flat-coated retriever, and, of co...

There appears to be a breeder (or maybe more than one) confused about curly coated retriever imports. Before some of the statements posted on social media ar...

Curly and wavy coated retrievers were recognized breeds long before golden and Labrador retrievers.

Many of today's Golden Retrievers trace back to two curly-coated retrievers.

The American Kennel Club and many purebred dog owners/exhibitors/breeders are concerned about an increase in bullying and lack of support among exhibitors an...

As a curly coated retriever researcher/historian, I believe curly coated retrievers were imported to the United States as early as the Civil War period (1860...

Published July 15, 2019. The Curly Coated Retriever line-up at the venerable Westminster Kennel Club dog show in 1936 came with a decided British accent: the...

This is the third in a series of posts addressing some incorrect curly coated retriever history in an article published by the AKC in April, 2019. If you hav...

In 1860, a group of sportsmen organized the first dog show in Birmingham, England. Only pointers and setters were exhibited in that show but the next show in...

Curly coated retrievers linked to poodle ancestry? Even the AKC links the two together but we beg to differ.

The Prince of Wales registered his curly coated retriever as red in color.

Let's continue our examination of the lack of meaning of a 4 generation pedigree when it comes to assessing the genetic diversity of a curly coated retriever...

When breeders of a rare breed try to increase the genetic diversity of their stock, it is important to use tools which accurately measure diversity. Several ...