Patagonian Diving Dogs?

[Palanan]

Has anyone ever heard of these? Apparently they were a unique breed that lived with the Patagonian Indians--sleek, smallish dogs that dove into the icy waters, helping to drive fish into the Patagonians' nets.

I came across a brief reference, and I'd like to know more, but Google fails me. Wondering if anyone who's more familiar with dogs might have heard of them.

[Brother Oni]

Google search for Patagonian dog gives this as the first link (http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/36483-patagonian-dog/) and this as the second link with citations at the bottom (http://patagoniamonsters.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/native-patagonian-dogs.html).

A bit more searching gives me this paper: First Records of Prehispanic Dogs in Southern South America (Pampa-Patagonia, Argentina), Prates et al, Current Anthropology 51-2 2010 (http://www.academia.edu/1455285/FIRST_RECORDS_OF_PREHISPANIC_DOGS_IN_SOUTHERN_SOUT H_AMERICA_PAMPA-PATAGONIA_ARGENTINA_).

[Palanan]

Ideal, thank you. The paper looks excellent.

For some reason, searching for "Patagonian diving dog" gave me a bunch of scuba links.

*facepalm*