Overview: 

The Portuguese Water Dog is a fisherman’s working dog and an excellent family pet. It is a very lively and obedient dog that is loyal and friendly to the family. They love to swim and would prefer to exercise in such a manner.  

Country of origin:

 Portugal.

Size type:

Medium dog breeds

Breed group:

Working dogs (AKC)

Gun dogs (UKC)

Character:

These   are high-spirited, friendly, obedience, and sociable dogs, which are keen to work, intelligent, and quick to grasp things. They also have a good nose for scents.

Height:

The shoulder-height is 50 – 57cm (19 ½ - 22 ½ in) for dogs, but a height of 54cm (21 ½ in) is preferred, and 43 – 52cm (17- 20 ½) for bitches, with a preferred height for them of 46cm (18).

Weight:

19.1-27.3kg for male and 15.9-22.7kg for bitches

Temperament:

The companionship of dogs and other animals will be accepted without difficult and with children these dogs are friendship personified.

Coat:

The coat is dense and wavy, or curly, the most usual colour and combinations are black, brown, white, and brown and white. 

Care:

The wavy-coated variety is usually closely clipped at the hindquarters and on the nose but the curly-coated dogs mostly have a working retriever clip (especially in the United States), with which only the tail is close-clipped, Groom them regularly with brush and comb.

Training: