Drentse Patrijshond

Drenthe's partridge dog descends from the spaniel-type bird dogs that reached the Netherlands in the 16th century, and it still points, flushes and retrieves on land and in water. Around 5,000 dogs are registered with the Dutch breed club, a respectable base that thins out quickly abroad; in the United States it sits only in the AKC's Foundation Stock Service. Choose a breeder who screens for progressive retinal atrophy and hereditary stomatocytosis, the two inherited problems the breed clubs watch most closely. A hunter wanting pointing, flushing and water work from one dog that lives indoors gets the lot here.