Mitundu ya Curly Coated Retriever ndi imodzi mwa mitundu yakale kwambiri ya English retriever. Mtunduwu udadziwika ndi English Kennel Club mu 1854, koma mtundu wamtunduwu wakhalapo kwa zaka zopitilira 400. Chifukwa chakuti ma Curlys amatsika kuchokera ku Waterdog, yomwe inafotokozedwa mu 1621 ngati wosambira wamphamvu wokhala ndi malaya aatali, opotana. Zaka 100 pambuyo pake idadziwikanso ndi FCI mu 1954.
Pakukula kwa Curly masiku ano, agalu a Greenland, zolozera, zoseta, komanso mwinanso ma poodles ndi ma spaniel aku Ireland adawoloka. Curly ndi yaikulu kwambiri masiku ano kusiyana ndi kale, koma kukonda madzi, kukhwima kwake, mphamvu zake, ndi malingaliro odziwika a kubweza zikuwonekerabe lero.