Spanish Water Dog
15.5–19.5 in tall · 31–49 lb · medium corded coat
Next to the average dog it is grooming-heavy, low-shedding, and mentally demanding. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise.
Find out if a Spanish Water Dog suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- you would rather not vacuum daily
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you do not want a grooming routine
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Spanish Water Dog or Perro de Agua Español is a Spanish breed of water dog. It was traditionally used for a variety of tasks: as a herding dog for sheep or cattle; as a gundog to find and retrieve game in marshlands; and as an aid to inshore fishermen on the Cantabrian coast. In the twenty-first century it is kept principally as a companion dog. Three sub-populations of the breed were identified in the late twentieth century: the Marismeño ('marsh dog') of the Marismas del Guadalquivir at the mouth of the river of the same name; the Serrano ('sierra dog') of southern Andalucia; and the Norteño ('northern dog') of Cantabria and Asturias.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
