Every year about this time, the Kennel Club of England releases its list of "vulnerable breeds". According to the Kennel Club, these are...

For those of you new to the breed: the Sarona kennels in England bred some of the most important curly-coated retrievers in history,...

Here is a copy of an article from the 1980s from the magazine Retriever International. Posting it here to preserve history.

The country of New Zealand can probably boast of the most field trial champion curly-coated retrievers than any other. The requirements...

In my decades of curly coated retriever research, I have found several stories about curlies connected to sailing boats, steamships,...

This is an article written by Gill Wise of Toakaha Kennels about the New Zealand FT. CH. and Show Champion Pukemere Mura Kuri. (New...

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

Note: this is from a brief article written by Audrey Nicholls in the 1989 International Curly Newsletter. I wanted to include it here so...

Published January 23, 2020

Aristocrats, royalty, poachers, and gamekeepers all contributed to the development of the modern-day curly-coated retriever. In this...

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

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

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...

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

Published July 15, 2019.

This is the third in a series of posts addressing some incorrect curly coated retriever history in an article published by the AKC in...

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