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All Dog Breeds >>Appearance of Portuguese Water

The closest relatives of the PWD are widely thought to be the Kerry Blue, Barbet and Standard Poodle. Like Poodles and several other water dog breeds, PWDs are highly intelligent, can have curly coats, have webbed toes for swimming, and do not shed.[5] However, Portuguese Water Dogs are more robustly built, with stout legs, and can have a wavy coat instead of tightly curled. If comparing the structure to that of a Poodle, there are significant differences between the two breeds. The Portuguese Water Dog built of strong substantial bone; well developed, neither refined nor coarse, and a solidly built, muscular body. The Portuguese Water Dog is off-square, slightly longer than tall when measured from prosternum to rearmost point of the buttocks, and from withers to ground. Portuguese Water Dog eyes are black or various tones of brown, and their coats can be black, brown, black and white or brown and white.

Portuguese Water Training

The Portuguese Water Dog is intelligent and quite easy to train. He learns new commands quickly at an above average rate.

Portuguese Water Shedding

The Portuguese Water Dog sheds practically no hair at all. You'll virtually never find a hair in your home!

Portuguese Water Grooming

Pet coat (less work): Cut his coat short every few months and then it only needs to be brushed every so often. Show coat (more work): Professionally groom his coat to the breed standard. Brush it daily.