brookcove
Posted : 8/31/2007 9:26:03 AM
Spanish Water Dogs or Perro d'Agua are also gaining in popularity (comparitively) here in the US. They are a general purpose farm dog similar in their native land to the English shepherd here - farm protection, hunting, and light duty herding. They are apparently not as intense as many herding breeds, favoring their water retriever genetics more strongly than, say, the typical American farm cur or shepherd.
Curly coat, docked tail - they are extremely handsome dogs, I think - I'd love to have one someday. The coat can be clipped, styled long, or corded and is of course low shedding since they are closely related to the PWDs, poodles, etc. Right now they are FCI and UKC only (not sure about UKC). Since one line of my family is Spanish I'd be combining my Scottish heritage with my Spanish in my dog choices! (BCs with the SWD).
Is this not the most adorable dog you've ever seen? [
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