Seventeen photos were added to the gallery. Click HERE to see them. Also, a letter from a client has been added. From Adriana of Danjek Kennel: Danjek Kennels will be breeding Porto and Abby in the late spring and will have pups in the later part of the summer.I am located in Saint Lazare, Quebec (near Montreal and Ottawa). Click HERE for Danjek Kennels web site. Click HERE for Danjek Kennels YouTube channel. I will be breeding Fritz to Kitzel in March of 2017, and the pups would be born in May and ready to leave the beginning of July, 2017. Visit our You Tube channel. A photo was added to the gallery. Click HERE to see it - bottom row, right-most thumbnail. Six photos were added to the gallery. Click HERE to see them and two letters from clients have been added.At Baywood we pride ourselves on breeding quality Portuguese Water Dogs and Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our dogs are not just show champions but working/performance dogs with great genetics behind them.

Because of this we have absolutely wonderful puppy owners. Our owners become part of our family when our puppies become part of theirs! Royal Hotel Collection Bedding ReviewsBaywood owners can call or email us at anytime for anything. Mini Dachshund Puppies For Sale In MaWe encourage our responsible pet owners to get involved with activities that are fun for their family and dog. Teddy Bear Puppies TraitsIn the past we have organized fun water work classes, grooming seminars, and puppy get-togethers for all of our puppies and their new owners. Artwork by Verne FosterRecreation Pets Dogs Breeds Working Group Portuguese Water Dog Professional breeders of Portuguese Water Dogs. You will find that most PWD breeders have small, family operations.

Before buying a puppy, make every effort to see the puppy's parents, and to ensure that the breeder is reputable and is careful to breed only those dogs with no serious conformation defects or genetic problems.The selection of a puppy and its breeder is an important one. The Spanish Water Dog Club of America (SWDCA) encourages any prospective Spanish Water Dog (SWD) owner to become familiar with our breed, the Official Standard for the SWD, possible hereditary defects, and responsible breeding practices (please refer to the Code of Ethics prior to contacting any SWD breeder). The SWDCA receives an application from each of the breeders listed here that the breeder has to fill out before they can be accepted for the list. The application seeks honest answers to straightforward questions. However, the SWDCA assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained within this list and provides no endorsements for specific dogs, individuals, kennels, or breeding programs.

Rather,the SWDCA  hopes to educate the buyer by including adequate materials to help identify a list of appropriate questions to ask when contacting breeders. Kennel: Ariosa Spanish Water Dogs Point of Contact: Lisa Harper- AKC Breeder of Merit City, State, Zip: Portland, Connecticut 06480 Kennel: Casita de los Duendes [Stud service only] Point of Contact:  Nancy Valley City, State, Zip:  Guilford, Connecticut 06437 Point of Contact:  Heather Stimson City, State, Zip:  Windsor Locks, Connecticut 06096 Point of Contact: Victoria V. Miller City, State, Zip: Largo, FL, 33774 Kennel: DeAngelo Spanish Water Dogs City, State, Zip: Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Kennel: Lake Breeze Spanish and Portuguese Water Dogs Point of Contact: Debra Molkentin City, State, Zip: Delafield, Wisconsin 53018 Kennel: Fundy Bay Spanish Water Dogs Point of Contact: Scott and Gina Peckford City, State, Zip: Kingston, Nova Scotia B0P 1R0

What Should I Feed My Portuguese Water Dog > dogs, puppies for rehoming in City of Halifax Get an alert with the newest ads for dogs, puppies for rehoming in City of Halifax. dogs, puppies for rehomingCity of Halifax.Portuguese Water Dogs for SalePlease visit our web sitefor updated videos of available pups: http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx We are accepting deposits on our new litter of three blacks… Brown boy is a great boy who is large. He will come up to date on his vaccines and worming. I register him to the new family with AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB… Taking deposits for CHRISTMAS pups Now. Many colors available brown,Black and Brown and White , and Black and White. Deposits are 500.00 and pups will… Kurley is, well, curly. He is a Portuguese Water Dog mixture with a curly black coat and is about 5 yrs old. Kurley was saved from a high kill shelter…He is a Portuguese Water Dog mixture with a curly black coat and is about five years old. Lovingly raised in our home and socialized with kids and college sorority sisters.

Alba is a girl from a litter of 7. She is white with a black circle on the left eye. She will be ready to be with her new family by September 26, when…Portuguese fishermen began sailing the high seas during the Middle Ages. From fishing villages scattered up and down the Atlantic coast, their ships set sail for faraway ports throughout Britain, Europe, Asia, Africa and even the New World. For centuries, wherever these fishermen went, they were accompanied by the hardworking ancestors of today’s Portuguese Water Dog. The Cao de Agua, as the breed is known in its native Portugal, became an indispensible partner to the fisherman, owing to its instinctive desire to retrieve from the water. Fish that escaped from nets were immediately herded and returned thanks to the dogs’ natural inclinations. Just how the Portuguese Water Dog arrived on the Iberian Peninsula in the extreme southwest of Europe is not known. Several theories purport the breed’s development from herding dogs with origins in the central Asian steppes.

These may have arrived by way of the Visigoths as they battled the Romans, or later, by invading Moors from North Africa in the 8th century. Historical evidence also suggests an infusion of dogs from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, brought back to Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries by returning fishermen. The Portuguese Water Dog’s extraordinary capabilities were documented by Portugal’s University of Coimbra in a list compiled in 1712. Like any shipmate, the breed was expected to perform a variety of duties apart from fishing. It was expected to haul in the nets, gather up the fish, deliver messages between boats, watch over people as well as property, and be ready to have a little fun when the work was done. Unfortunately, by the turn of the 20th century, modern fishing methods and advanced communications technologies all but eliminated the water dog’s job. The breed was in danger of dying out and survived only in limited numbers in Portugal’s southern province of Algarve.

A small number of Portuguese Water Dogs in this area still worked on boats during this time. Two men from the town of Sesimbra, Renato Pinto Soares and Dr. Manuel Fernandes Marques, knew of these dogs and introduced a fine example of the breed to a wealthy shipping magnate and dog fancier, Vasco Bensuade. When the dog, named Leao, was introduced to Bensuade, the Portuguese Water Dog was in all likelihood saved from extinction. Bensuade championed the breed and, upon his death in 1967, the Portuguese Water Dog remained in the care of several determined Portuguese dog enthusiasts including Conchita Branco, Dr. Antonio Cabral and Carla Molinari. The breed arrived in America in 1960 when a pair was shipped from England as part of a rare breed exchange (a pair of Affenpinschers was sent to Great Britain.) The gray dog and black bitch produced a litter of two puppies for the Harringtons of Rensselaer, N.Y. A father-daughter breeding produced seven pups that were advertised in the local paper.

One visitor who came to see the litter was Deyenne Miller of New Canaan, Conn. She did not go home with a puppy, but went to Portugal instead. In 1968, she purchased a bitch puppy, named Renascenca, that was shipped to the U.S. by Branco. A year later, a male named Anzol was imported and, in 1971, the first litter of Farmion Portuguese Water Dogs was born. In 1972, the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America was formed at the home of Deyenne Miller. Although only 12 dogs were known to exist in the U.S. at the time, the Portie, as fanciers here refer to the breed, was in capable hands. In little more than 10 years, careful breeding and placements expanded the breed’s base of supporters throughout much of the country. The breed was admitted to the AKC’s Miscellaneous class in 1983 and became eligible to compete in the Working Group the following year. At the AKC Centennial Show held in Philadelphia in November of that year, the breed’s first AKC champion, Charlie de Alvalade, handled by Bill Trainor, received a Group Fourth placement under Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV.

The Portuguese Water Dog joined the list of presidential pets when, in 2009, a dog named Bo joined President Obama and his family at the White House. In 2011, the Portuguese Water Dog ranked 56th in terms of registrations out of 173 AKC-recognized breeds. The Portuguese Water Dog’s robust build allows the breed to work tirelessly on land and at sea. In the water, it is a superior swimmer and diver, aided by a profuse coat. As with any water dog, the quantity and texture of the breed’s coat is vitally important. “A profuse, thickly planted coat of strong, healthy hair, covering the whole body evenly…” is how the AKC breed standard describes the coat. It is thinner in the groin area and where the forearm meets the brisket, and there is no mane or ruff. The Portuguese Water Dog is a single-coated breed with no undercoat. Two coat types are recognized in the U.S.: curly, known as Cão de Água de Pêlo Encaracolado in Portuguese; and wavy, or Cão de Água de Pêlo Ondulado.

Both grow to a good length and shed water easily. The wavy coat is soft, “falling gently in waves,” with a glossy shine and longer ear fringes. The curly coat type consists of “compact cylindrical curls” without luster, with a somewhat wavy ear coat permissible. In the U.S., no preference is given to coat type, and neither is preferred in the conformation show ring. Regular maintenance is required to keep either coat type in good form. Only two trims are acceptable in the breed: the Lion clip and the Working Retriever clip. According to the breed standard, the Lion clip requires the long hair to be clipped to the skin over “the middle part and hindquarters, as well as the muzzle.” Some leeway exists for determining exactly where the “middle part” is, but a good reference point is the last rib, although some fanciers choose the mid-section of the body proper. The coat of the tail is also clipped short, except for the last three inches where the natural length is kept.

In the Working Retriever clip, “the entire coat is scissored or clipped to follow the outline of the dog, leaving a short blanket of coat no longer than one inch in length.” The appearance should be natural, as directed by the standard, with a smooth, unbroken line. As with the Lion clip, the hair at the end of the tail is left at full length. The Portuguese Water Dog’s coat may be black, white or various shades of brown. Although frowned upon by Portuguese fishermen who knew the breed well, parti-colored coats of white with either black or brown are not uncommon and are acceptable today. According to the standard, “the skin is decidedly bluish” under black, white or black and white coats. “A white coat does not imply albinism provided the nose, mouth and eyelids are black.” The head of the Portuguese Water Dog is an essential breed characteristic. It is “distinctively large, well-proportioned and with exceptional breadth of skull.” Unlike similar breeds such as the Poodle or Irish Water Spaniel, the Portie is bred for utility as opposed to a specialty.

As a working water dog, the breed’s head is a dependable tool, capable of pulling nets, retrieving tackle, herding fish, and carrying messages between boats. Its wide skull, with a rise over the occiput, creates an impression of strength that is in balance with the rest of the dog. The stop is well-defined, with a depression running down the muzzle toward a wide nose. Strong jaws, with teeth meeting in a scissor or level bite, and thick lips without flews, allow the breed to perform its many tasks, in and out of the water, throughout the day. Heads that are small in overall size, narrow in topskull, snipey in muzzle or otherwise unimpressive are major faults in the breed, as are over- and undershot bites. “The tail is of great help when swimming and diving,” according to the breed standard. Thick at the base and tapering toward the tip, the tail acts as a rudder, providing stability and balance while swimming, and aiding equilibrium when diving. Set on slightly below the line of the back, the tail is never docked.