Nederlandse Kooikerhondje may not be easy to pronounce, unless you’re familiar with Dutch. It’s pronounced ney-der-lan-dsuh koy-ker-hoon-tyeh, which is why many refer to the Dutch dynamo as a “Kooiker” (koy-ker). That nickname makes perfect sense—it means “decoy man” in Dutch, heralding the breed’s original job as a duck decoy.