2. PORTUGUESE WATER DOG
BASIC INFORMATION
Name: Portuguese Water dog
Section: Working
Origin: Algarve, Portugal
Bred: Ancient times
Latin Name: Cao De Agua
3. THE PORTUGUESE WATER DOG
THE PORTUGUESE WATER DOG IS A FRIENDLY AND INTELLIGENT BREED.
THESE DOGS ARE TRAINABLE AND ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW COMPLEX AND
CHALLENGING COMMANDS. PWD’S ALSO MAKE GREAT THERAPY DOGS
FOR PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS DUE TO THEIR CALM TEMPERAMENT AND
ADORABLE BEHAVIOUR. MALES ARE 20-22 INCHES AND WEIGHING
AROUND 60 POUNDS, THE FEMALE BEING QUITE A LOT SMALLER
RANGING FROM 18-20 INCHES AND ONLY WEIGHING AROUND 40 POUNDS.
THIS DOG WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB IN 1983
AND WAS PUT IN THE WORKING BREED SECTION FOR ITS JOBS DONE IN
PORTUGAL. THE PORTUGUESE WATER DOG IS MOST FAMOUS FOR ITS
HYPOALLERGENIC “HAIR” MEANING ,MUCH LIKE THE POODLE, THE
PORTUGUESE WATER DOG’S “HAIR” DOESN’T CAUSE PEOPLE WITH DOG
ALLERGIES TO SNEEZE, COUGH OR HAVE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS. THIS
5. Large Head
17-21 inches
Medium, Roundish eyes
Solidly Built and Muscular body
35-50 pounds
Heart shaped ears
Strong hind-quarters
Well defined
Webbed toes
6. ORIGINS
AS YOU CAN TELL, THE PORTUGUESE WATER DOG CAME FROM THE COAST OF
PORTUGAL WHERE FISHING WAS A BIG RESOURCE AND A POPULAR WAY FOR
MAKING MONEY. THESE DOGS WHERE BRED TO RETRIEVE NETS OR FALLEN
ITEMS FROM THE BOATS SO FISHERMAN WOULD NOT LOOSE THEIR EQUIPMENT.
LATER ON, WHEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED THESE DOGS ALMOST WENT
EXTINCT MAINLY BECAUSE THEY HAD NO USE ANYMORE OTHER THEN TO BE
HOUSE PETS. BUT A DOCTOR FROM PORTUGAL NOTICED THE DOGS
DISAPPEARANCE AND THEN WANTED TO SAVE THE DOG. BREEDERS FOR THE
PORTUGUESE WATER DOG INCREASED AND THE POPULATION OF THIS DOG WAS
SOON RECOVERED AND STABLE. NOW AT 2013, THIS DOG IS A POPULAR HOUSE
PET AS WELL AS THERAPY DOG.
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8. Portuguese Water Dog
CLOSE RELATIVES OF THE PWD
THE PORTUGUESE WATER DOG RESEMBLES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BREEDS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE PWD IS
SAID TO BE ONE OF THE WORLDS ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTORS TO TODAYS DOG RACE. THE PORTUGUESE WATER
DOG HAS THE MOST RESEMBLANCE TO A POODLE, SO CLOSE THAT PEOPLE EVEN MISTAKE THE TWO!
PORTUGUESE WATER DOGS ARE ALSO CLOSE RELATIVES OF A VARIETIES OF RETRIEVERS, KERRY BLUE TERRIERS
AND THE SPANISH WATER DOG.
Curly coated Retriever
Poodle
Kerry Blue Terrier
Spanish Water dog
9. MY DOG
THIS IS MY DOG BAXTER, AND HE IS A MALE PORTUGUESE WATER
DOG. HE IS QUITE SHORT FOR A MALE AND IF HE WOULD PARTAKE
IN DOG SHOWS HE WOULD ONLY JUST MAKE THE HEIGHT LIMIT.
HE WEIGHS AROUND 55-60 POUNDS. HAS A GOOD PERSONALITY
AND IS ABLE TO DO A VARIETY OF TRICKS. IT’S THE SAME DOG IN
BOTH OF THESE PICTURES EXCEPT IN THE DARKER BROWN DOG
PICTURE, HE IS YOUNGER AND AS HE GOT OLDER, HIS HAIR GOT
LIGHTER.
