A Llewellin named Count Noble was referred to as the “$10,000 hunting dog” and was so famous that when he died in 1891 the New York Times ran an obituary.
His stuffed body was on display in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for more than a century and is now in the National Bird Dog Museum in Tennessee.
An English Setter called Daro won Best in Show at the Westminster dog show in 1938. Six have won the Sporting group there; the last was in 1982.