- The coat is black or brown of various shades, or solid white.
- In black or brown coats, white in the following locations: muzzle, topknot, neck, forechest, belly, tip of tail and lower extremities of the limbs, below the elbows and hocks
- The white coat must not be albino, consequently the nose, eyelids and inside of the mouth should be pigmented in black, and brown in brown dogs.
- In this breed partial clipping of the coat, when it is too long, is typical.
- The hindquarters, the muzzle and part of the tail are clipped, leaving a plume of full-length hair at the tip of the tail
About the Portuguese Water Dog
Origin: Portugal
- Typical life span
- 11-13 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 19-27 kg
- Female
- 16-23 kg
- Height
- Male
- 51-58 cm
- Female
- 43-53 cm
- FCI status
- Reconhecida pela FCI
- FCI groupFCI divides this breed into varieties, and our sources don’t record which one a breeder works. Ask them which variety their line is.
- Retrievers - Flushing Dogs - Water Dogs
- Origin
- Portugal
- Also called
- Perro de Agua Portugues
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Portuguese Water Dog?
Athletic, medium-sized working dog with a robust build and webbed feet, known for its single coat of curly or wavy waterproof hair. Originally bred as an all-around fisherman's helper.
Portuguese Water Dog history and origins
Ancient breed from Portuguese coast, developed as fisherman's helper for herding fish into nets, retrieving tackle, and carrying messages between ships and shore. Nearly extinct in 20th century but saved through dedicated breeding efforts.
Portuguese Water Dog appearance and size
Males typically weigh 19-27 kg and stand 51-58 cm at the shoulder; females 16-23 kg and 43-53 cm.
O que diz o padrão da raça
- Criado para
- Assistance with fishing and retrieving as well as companion dog
- Comportamento e temperamento
“Exceptionally it understands and obeys easily and happily any order given by its owner. An animal with impetuous disposition, wilful, courageous, sober and resistant to fatigue. It has a severe, penetrating and attentive expression, as well as remarkable visual and scent faculties. An excellent and resistant swimmer and diver, it is the inseparable companion of the fisherman for whom it performs a multitude of tasks, both in fishing and in guarding and protecting its boat and property. While fishing, it will willingly jump to sea to retrieve escaped fish, diving if necessary and likewise if a net breaks or a cable becomes loose. It is also used as a liaison between boats and shore or vice-versa, even at great distances”
Quoted from FCI standard n°37. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referência da raça de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamanho
- Medium
- Necessidade de exercício
- —
- Facilidade de treino
- —
- Queda de pelo
- 1 of 5
- Cuidados com o pelo
- 4 of 5
- Convivência com crianças
- —
- Custo de manutenção
- —
- Tolera ficar sozinho
- —
- Inteligência
- —
- Saúde da raça
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Prós e contras da raça Portuguese Water Dog
O que ganha com a raça Portuguese Water Dog
- Função declarada no padrão: «Assistance with fishing and retrieving as well as companion dog»
- O padrão descreve a raça assim: «Exceptionally it understands and obeys easily and happily any order given by its owner»
O que tem de assumir
- Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «There are two varieties: one long and wavy and the other shorter and curly.»
Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.
Characteristics
Padrão da FCI · Portuguese Water Dog
Pelo e cor
Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão.
Coat
The whole body is abundantly covered with strong hair, with no undercoat.
There are two varieties: one long and wavy and the other shorter and curly.
The first is slightly shiny and woolly
the latter is dense, lustreless and forms compact cylindrical curls.
Except for the underarms and groin the coat is even all over the skin.
On the head it forms a topknot of wavy hair in the long and wavy variety and of curly hair in the curly variety.
The hair in the ears is longer in the long and wavy variety
Cor
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.
Resumido de FCI standard n°37 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.
O que o padrão penaliza
Aquilo que faz um juiz descontar pontos à raça Portuguese Water Dog, e o que a põe fora do ring, nas palavras do próprio registo. Isto descreve o padrão da raça — não é uma lista de verificação para o animal que tem à frente, e um animal de companhia com um defeito desqualificante é um cão que não pode ir a exposição, não um cão doente.
Defeitos graves
Contam fortemente contra um exemplar no ring.
- Head: Too long, narrow, flat or pointed.
- Muzzle: Too tapered or pointed.
- Eyes: Light, too protruding or too sunken.
- Ears: Incorrect set, too big, too short or folded.
- Tail: Heavy, dropped in action or raised perpendicularly
Defeitos desqualificantes
Põem o animal fora do ring por completo.
- Size: Over-sized or under-sized
- Jaws: Undershot or overshot.
- Eyes: Wall eye, uneven in shape or size.
- Deafness: Congential or acquired.
- Tail: Docked, rudimentary or non-existent.
- Feet: Presence of dewclaws.
- Coat: Hair different from the described types.
- Colour: Albinism, marbled nostrils in whole or in part. Any other colour than the described type
FCI varieties
FCI divides the Portuguese Water Dog into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
- LONG AND WAVY
- SHORTER AND CURLY
Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Portuguese Water Dog em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Portuguese Water Dog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Portuguese Water Dog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
Ainda sem fotografias
É aqui que vão aparecer as fotografias dos próprios donos de Portuguese Water Dog, a partir dos perfis dos animais que mantêm aqui. Ninguém acrescentou ainda nenhuma a uma página pública.
Uma fotografia num perfil de animal fica privada do seu dono. Não colocamos nenhuma aqui sem que nos peçam.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Portuguese Water Dog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.