The Drentsche Partridge Dog is one of two dog breeds, next to the Frisian Stabyhoun, which has a Dutch province in its name. But where does the name come from? And what is actually so Drents about the Drentsche Partridge Dog?
Questions that came in to the editors of Search Het Uit! so it’s time to dive into that.
The Drentsche Partridge Dog is secretly a Spanish hunting dog, knows the association De Drentsche Partridge Dog. In the 16th century, during the Eighty Years’ War, the dogs came from Spain to the Netherlands. It is a hunting dog breed from which several breeds have emerged, such as the Epagneul français, the Frisian Stabyhoun, the German Longhaired Pointing Dog and the Small Münsterländer. But also the Drentsche Partridge Dog.
This dog breed has been given the name of our province, because the dogs have been kept purebred in the east of our country and in Drenthe. In April 1943 an inspection day was held in the Groningen Harmonie building.
Twenty partridge dogs were judged there. Six of the seven approved males belonged to a tribe of the Schuiling family. Every Drentsche Partridge dog is said to be descended from a partridge dog of the Schuiling tribe.
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