St. John’s Water Dog

This dog is also sometimes called by another name, that is, it is also called as the St. John’s dog. This dog was a naturally occurring dog. The origination of this dog can be taken back to Newfoundland. It is not clearly known how this dog was originated or how they were developed. It is however known that this dog is a random mix of other breeds of dogs such as the old Irish breed of dogs, the English breed of dogs and the Portuguese working breed of dogs. This dogs is said to be ancestor of the present day retrievers, this include the retrievers like, the flat coat retriever, the Chesapeake Bay retriever, the golden retriever and also the Labrador retriever.

This dog is also held responsible for the formation of the Newfoundland dog which is said to be very gentle and also equally large in nature. It was in the 19th century and the early 20th century that this dog was exported into the country of England and it was in the country of England that these dogs were crossed with other breeds of dogs and thus the retriever breeds of dogs were born! This dog is a rather medium sized dog. They are very strong in nature and are also equally stocky in nature. These dogs appearance wise are said to more closely resemble the modern world English lab dogs rather than the American style ones. The dogs of this breed ha the presence of characteristic white patches on different parts of their body like their chests, their feet, and their chin or even on their muzzles. This white patch is commonly called as the tuxedo marking.

These tuxedo markings are still present today in some of the modern lab breeds today as a small white patch on the chest or even sometimes a few strands of white hair can be seen on the feet of the dog. The classic tuxedo markings can even be found today like they used to be found on these dogs in the mixed breeds of a few lab dogs. These dogs are now extinct but taking in to consideration the writings if the time these dog did exist, it can be seen that these dogs accompanied the Newfoundland fishermen on their boat; they were also used for the purpose of retrieving net of fish or even the distant lines. These dogs were said to have a coat of very short length. The dogs of this breed were also said to have a tail that had a rudder like quality to it.

They were quite popularly known for their extremely high endurance and also for their love for swimming and their exceptional swimming abilities. These dogs went extinct in their own native land and this extinction took place as a result of two factors. One being the fact that for the purpose of encouraging rising of sheep, a lot of heavy taxes were being imposed on the ownership of such dogs and the other one being the eradication of dogs due to rabies.