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Kooikerhondje Did You Know?
- The Kooikerhondje has been assigned the Sporting Group designation.
- The Kooikerhondje has been recorded in the Foundation Stock Service since 2004.
- Kooikers are believed to be an ancestor to the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
- The first recorded litter born in the United States was in 1999.
- In 1572, a Kooiker supposedly saved the life of William of Orange in the Netherlands by warning of the Spanish attack.
- The Dutch keep a breeding registry to record all litters born starting in 1942. This also includes health information.
- The Kooikerhondje appeared on a Dutch cigarette card in the 1950's.
- Kooikers are being used for search and rescue and as service dogs.
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