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Show The Keeshond Dog Symbol of the patriots in Holland's Hol-land's unrest during the Eighteenth century, the Keeshond dog gained sudden notoriety at that time. For countless years the breed had been known as the barge dog, sometimes more specifically as "Fox Dog." The patriots, as opposed to tha "Prinsgeziden" or partisans of the Prince of Orange were led by a man by the name of Kees de Gyse-laer, Gyse-laer, who was a dog lover. He owned at that time a dog he called "Kees." This dog, according to a writer in the Los Angeles Times, became the symbol of the Patriots, and gave the breed its name. During Dur-ing that period in Dutch history when the rijnaken or small vessels were used in great numbers on the Rhine river, a dog of this breed, used as a watch dog, was to be found on nearly every craft. Farmers Farm-ers also used the barge dogs as watch dogs, and the breed was considered con-sidered a dog of the people. |