Mary Allen
As early as the Middle Ages, the Dutch dog breed was used as a guard dog, farm dog, or hunting dog. At that time it had been used especially for hunting otters.
Around 1950 the breed was almost extinct until a Friesian woman started breeding them and thus ensured the survival of the breed. Most of the Wetterhouns are in the Netherlands.
Fact: The Wetterhoun breed is hardly known outside of the Netherlands. Only in a few other European countries are there people with Wetterhouns.
In 1989, the FCI officially recognized the Wetterhoun as a dog breed. He belongs to the group of retrievers, search dogs, and water dogs.