An American look at Australia’s newly recognised gundog, written in 2022 as the first Murrays were exhibited at the Adelaide Plains Kennel and Obedience Club in South Australia.

It covers the breed’s likely Irish Water Spaniel roots, the DNA evidence that the Murray is a distinct breed, and how it differs from the American Water Spaniel, and quotes the Australian judge and writer Jane Harvey.

A dark brown Murray River Retriever leaping through shallow water with spray flying, rocks behind
Hunter in the water. Murray Mail, issue 47, 2022

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