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# Famous Canadian Animals (Well 3 Out of 4 Anyway) Part 3: Dogs
- URL: https://goodoil.news/famous-canadian-animals-well-3-out-of-4-anyway-part-3-dogs/
- Published: 2020-09-22T01:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-09-20T23:54:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: History, World, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

**Geoff Corfield**

*Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays croquet, has his own town in north-central Queensland and six books published, and would very much like to find a publisher for [this New Zealand book](https://www.amazon.com/Geoffrey-Corfield/e/B001K8XFA8?ref%5F=dbs%5Fp%5Febk%5Fr00%5Fabau%5F000000&ref=goodoil.news) and its companion one for Australia.*

There are four breeds of dogs attributed to having originated in  
Canada. Three of them are well known and one of them isn’t, not even  
in Canada. They all like water, with one of them actually preferring  
the frozen variety. Three of them come from Canada’s east coast, and  
are named after two Canadian provinces. The other one comes from the  
far north (the land of frozen water).

Probably the best-known dog of the four is the Labrador Retriever. It  
comes from Labrador, the mainland part of the east coast province of  
Newfoundland and Labrador. Originally used to help fishermen haul nets  
ashore (it loves water), it’s also a good hunting dog and faithful  
companion; but nowadays it’s perhaps best known for being a guide dog  
for the blind and a police sniffer dog because of its intelligence,  
ability to be trained and friendly nature. They come in brown,  
chocolate, yellow or cream; but mainly basic black.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/labrador-retriever-dog-pictures-3.jpg)

The BFD. Source:[https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/labrador-retriever#/slide/1](https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/labrador-retriever?ref=goodoil.news#/slide/1)

The dog from the island part of the province of Newfoundland and  
Labrador, and related to the Labrador, is the Newfoundland dog. This  
is a big dog (110-150lbs), also originally used to help fishermen haul  
nets; but it’s now a very gentle, docile, affectionate and loyal  
companion dog. Unfortunately, however, as with a lot of the other  
larger dog breeds, they don’t live as long as you’d like them to. They  
love water and are absolutely impervious to all kinds of weather  
except heat, making them definitely outdoor not indoor dogs. Available  
in black only.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cgdznql_umatpg3-jy13untl7hf3uyhzpnzoxpwjqqs.jpg)

The BFD. Source: [https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/48yiah/laying\_down\_with\_my\_newfie/](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/48yiah/laying%5Fdown%5Fwith%5Fmy%5Fnewfie/?ref=goodoil.news)

The other dog from the east coast of Canada is the Nova Scotia Duck  
Tolling Retriever. That’s “tolling” as in luring. It was bred to lure  
curious ducks towards duck hunters, by playing and creating a  
disturbance along a riverbank or shoreline, then swimming out and  
retrieving the unfortunate shot ones. It’s credited with being  
developed in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in the late 1800s, but even  
now it’s not a very well known dog even in Canada. Its colouring is  
various shades of red often with white markings, sort of like a fox,  
but it looks more like a spaniel or a setter.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nova_scotia_duck_tolling_retriever.jpg)

The BFD. Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

There had to be a sled dog from Canada’s far north, and that dog is  
the Canadian Eskimo Dog (or Husky or Esquimaux). Of the four main sled  
dog breeds: the Alaskan Malamute, the Greenland Dog, the Siberian  
Husky, and the Canadian Eskimo Dog; the Canadian husky is second  
biggest to the Malamute (60-105lbs to 85-125lbs), and slightly shorter  
in height (20-27″ to 23-28″). It also ranks second to the Siberian in  
speed, and second to the Malamute in strength.

This dog breed was rescued by The Eskimo Dog Research Foundation when  
snowmobiles took over from sled dogs. A few dogs were obtained from  
the Boothia Peninsula, Melville Peninsula and Baffin Island in  
Canada’s Arctic; and taken to Yellowknife, the capital of the  
Northwest Territories, where the breed was re-established and  
registered. They come in a variety of colours and love to do what they  
do best: pull a dog sled.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/an_eskimo_dog._wood_engraving._wellcome_v0021862-1.jpg)

The BFD. An Eskimo dog. Wood engraving.

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