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2 unusual facts about Tweed Water Spaniel


Tweed Water Spaniel

Towards the end of the 19th century, Sir Dudley Coutts Majoribanks, Lord Tweedmouth, was developing a breed which was known at the time as a "yellow Retriever".

Linda P. Case, of the University of Illinois, speculated that the Tweed Water Spaniel was so named because it was developed on the estate of Lord Tweedmouth, and in fact was simply the original name for a breed of dog that later became the Golden Retriever.



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