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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    He's a Murray river retriever Dougie - a gundog landrace that survived only in Australia for at least 140 years. When you say a curly coat to an Australian, this is what they think of, not the English type we have. He is registered with the association over there, who keeps a breeding registry of them for the true working bred dogs. They are also conducting a DNA sampling program as well, that involves 100s of dogs already, which has shown it to be a distinct breed. Gus is part of that.

    A very healthy long-lived breed, known to regularly live to 16-18, the oldest current known one lived to 20!
    Lovely looking dog. Do you intend establishing the breed here?

    I'm keen on living for a long time. Can I borrow some DNA?

 

 

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