Articles on breed basics and FAQ, care, behavior, training, and the answer to the all-important "how do you say the breed name?"
Articles on health topics including how-tos for health testing and accessing results. Musings on the breed's unique genetics.
Coming soon - Q&A-style comparisons of Kooikers with other common breeds, by experienced owners of both breeds.
How do we research Kooiker pedigrees? Who keeps that info and how can we access it?
Owning a male dog that may be used as a stud dog is more complex than it seems, but the specifics are awkward for most to discuss. Here we dive right in!
All Kooikerhondjes are very closely related. How do we determine and track this, and what is being done to lessen risk?
Kooikers are like no other breed and a true understanding of their normal temperament and character seems to get lost among wishful thinking and assumptions.
Kooikerhondjes prior to 2018 had languished in AKC’s Miscellaneous Class. AKC has a program through which rare breeds have to clear their hurdles in order to receive full recognition: their Foundation Stock Service program. Rare breeds with an active club can apply to be FSS listed, and then they are eligible to compete in AKC’s
Frequently asked questions about the breed
In my last post about designing and building a training eenenkooi (Building a practice eendenkooi) – my “feendenkooi” – I briefly touched on how I have been training the dogs to toll. I wanted to expand upon the training process in a separate post. Briefly, the behavior ideally looks like this: the handler/boss stands on the
A little background Kooikers were (and some still are) used to lure ducks down a covered canal into a trap (called a kooi – thus their name!). The canal (called a pijp = pipe) is dug off the side of a duck pond, and is curved so the end is not visible to the ducks.
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