PORTUGUESE WATER DOGBY: JESSICA

PORTUGUESE WATER DOG BASIC INFORMATION

Name: Portuguese Water dogSection: WorkingOrigin: Algarve, PortugalBred: Ancient timesLatin Name: Cao De Agua

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 DOG COMES IN 2 COAT TYPES; CURLY AND WAVY.

2 COAT TYPES

Curly

Wavy

17-21 inches

Solidly Built and Muscular body35-50 pounds

Webbed toes

Strong hind-quarters

Well defined

Medium, Roundish eyesLarge Head

Heart shaped ears

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.

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.

Poodle

Kerry Blue Terrier Spanish Water dog

Curly coated Retriever

Portuguese Water Dog

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.

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