The Saarlooswolfdog was created in the 1930s by Leendert Saarloos who aimed to improve the qualities of his beloved breed the German Shepherd Dog. He started by introducing wolf blood and then focussed on behavioural characteristics. Exterior was not important to him. At the time the breed won the Raad van Beheer recognition (six years after Saarloos’ death in 1969), fate had it that the wolf like exterior of the Saarlooswolfdog formed an important part of the breed’s profile, together with a rather reserved, highly reliable, sociable and independent temperament, which is also reminiscent to the wolf in his early ancestry.
Height at the withers 60-75 centimetres.
The Dutch Schapendoes has the same native breed origin as the Dutch Shepherd dog, being the smaller variety, whose task was to herd the flock when moving. The breed club, founded in 1947, successfully reconstructed the breed, which was virtually extinct at that time. The Dutch Schapendoes is very much a working breed, agile and active, in no way nervous. It is light in bone, and has a thick, slightly wavy medium long coat, protecting the dog against bad weather conditions. All colours are permitted, but greyish to black is preferred.
Height at the withers 40-50 centimetres.
The Dutch Smoushond, a breed of the Pinscher and Schnauzer type, was well known especially in Amsterdam in the middle of the nineteenth century. A companion dog, at home also in stables with the horses; cities had many stables at that time. Initiatives to establish the breed in the first half of the twentieth century did not succeed and the breed became extinct. In 1973 a breeding programme was started aiming to reconstruct the Smoushond. Physical and mental health always had priority in this programme, as well as creating a wide gene pool. The reconstructed Dutch Smoushond is, like his predecessor, an active companion, with a rough coat in a straw colour.
Height at the withers 35-42 centimetres.
The Drentsche Partridge Dog from the Drenthe province in the north-east of the Netherlands is a pointing and retrieving dog that works at a relatively low speed in close proximity to its owner. It has a natural working ability in combination with a friendly disposition, and needs a gentle hand in training. Only since 1943 has this breed been recognised by the Raad van Beheer, due to a growing awareness regarding the value of national heritage during World War II. Breeding for hunting ability remained important, even nowadays when the majority of Drentsche Partridge Dogs live as companion dogs. The coat is white with brown marks.
Height at the withers 55-63 centimetres.
The Dutch Shepherd Dog was highly valued as an independently working herd. He kept the large flocks of sheep, which up to the end of the nineteenth century roamed in rural Netherlands, on their place of grazing. The breed club, the next to the oldest in the Netherlands, was founded in 1898 by citizens aiming to preserve this breed as a part of the national cultural heritage. The standard limited the coat varieties to short, long and rough, and the coat colour to gold or silver brindle (also blue-grey and pepper and salt in the rough). Its ability to work nowadays shows mainly in dog sports, but a few still assist a shepherd.
Height at the withers 55-62 centimetres.
The Nederlandse Kooikerhondje is an old breed, as is to be seen on several paintings of Dutch masters of the seventeenth century, where it is portrayed as the companion dog of a family. It was a temperamental working breed as well, used in the decoy. By waving his tail with the white point the dog arouses the curiosity of the ducks and herds the ducks to the end of the wickerwork tunnel, where they can be caught. Formerly this type of hunting was done on a large scale for the duck’s meat. In present time decoys are mainly used to ring ducks. The majority of Kooikerhondjes nowadays are companion dogs, who need to live an active life. The coat colour is orange red plates on a white fond.
Height at the withers 35-40 centimetres.
The Stabijhoun is a general utility hunting dog, with excellent skills to catch moles. Its origins are in the province of Friesland, where for centuries it was popular among farmers and working people alike. In the first half of the twentieth century the Stabijhoun was often crossed with the Wetterhoun, to improve the qualities for hunting polecats. This crossbreeding endangered the existence of dogs with the traits of the original types. To preserve them, in the thirties initiatives were taken to breed the two separately. In 1942 the breeds were recognised by the Raad van Beheer. The Stabijhoun is black, or brown, with white.
The ideal height at the withers is 53 centimetres for dogs, 49 for bitches.
The Frisian Water Dog has its roots in the northern province of Friesland, a region famous for its many lakes. The breed was specialised for hunting otters, for which task it needed a certain courage and toughness. The thick and water resistant curly coat (black, brown, black with white or brown with white) is an excellent equipment for long days at the rough and cold water side. As the Frisian Pointing Dog, the Wetterhoun was also used for hunting moles and polecats. His temperament is rather aloof, which made him a good guard dog on the farm. The modern Wetterhoun is mainly a companion and when trained as a working gundog, he is used as a retriever.
Height at the withers for dogs 59 centimetres, for bitches 55 centimetres.
The Markiesje, Dutch companion dog for ladies of noble birth in the eighteenth century, was forgotten by official cynology. When it was realised that the Markiesje type dogs could be lost through inactivity, a breed club was founded in 1979 to aim for restoration. In the reconstruction phase the breed club screens the whole population. After twenty years the results of the breeding program warranted the recognition by the Raad van Beheer of the Markiesje as Dutch breed number nine, in the companion dog group, and the approval of a standard. The Markiesje is elegant and small but in no way a toy. The colour is black, small white markings are accepted. Height at the withers about 35 centimetres. The breed is not recognised by the FCI.
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