The Norwegian Lundehund, also known as the Puffin Dog, comes to us from arctic Norway, where he used to retrieve puffin birds before they became a protected species. (straightpoop.com)
The Lundehund was a valuable working animal, essential in hunting puffin birds along the Norwegian coast for food as well as the commercial export of puffin down from the Viking Age through the 16th and 17th centuries. (en.wikipedia.org)
This came in really handy with its original job as a hunter of puffin birds and their eggs. (dogs.lovetoknow.com)