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PORTUGUESE WATER DOG

(Cão de agua português)


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FCI-Standard N° 37 / 22. 01. 1999  / GB

 

TRANSLATION : Portuguese Kennel Club, Mrs. R. Binder-Gresly.

ORIGIN : Portugal.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL VALID STANDARD : 09.12.1966.

UTILIZATION : A swimmer and diver of quite exceptional qualities and stamina, this dog is the inseparable companion of the fishermen to whom it is of great utility not only during fishing but also as a guard to defend their boats and property.
Whilst his master is fishing the dog is attentive and, should a fish escape (from hook or net), jumps, voluntarily, into the sea to retrieve it, diving under water if necessary.
It also swims out to retrieve any broken net or loose hawser.
These animals are also employed as liaison between boat and shore or vice-versa, even when the distance is considerable.

CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :  Group     8     Retrievers-Flushing Dogs-Water Dogs.
                                               Section    3     Water Dogs.
                                               Without working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY : In bygone times this breed existed everywhere along the coasts of Portugal.  Today, owing to modifications in the fishing systems used, the breed has become restricted practically to the province of Algarve which should now be considered its home.
The presence of these dogs along the Portuguese coasts can be traced back to very remote times and entitles them to be regarded as a purely Portuguese breed.

GENERAL APPEARANCE : Dog of medium proportions, outline slightly convex with a tendency to rectilinear, braccoid type.
Mediolinear type, well balanced, robust and well muscled.  The muscular development due to constant swimming is noticeable.

 

BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT : An animal with an impetuous disposition, self-willed, brave, quarrelsome, unassuming and very resistant to fatigue.  It has a hard, penetrating and attentive expression, as well as splendid visual and remarkable olfactory faculties.
A dog of exceptional intelligence; docile and obedient with apparent pleasure to any order given by its master.

HEAD : Well proportioned, large and broad.

CRANIAL REGION :
Skull : Seen in profile it is slightly longer than the muzzle; its curvature is more accentuated at the back than in front and it possesses a well defined occiput.  From the front the parietal bones are seen to be dome-shaped and to have a slight depression in the middle.  The forehead has a central furrow for two thirds of the length of the parietals and the superciliary ridges are prominent.
Stop : Well defined, slightly further back than the inner corner of the eyes.

FACIAL REGION :
Nose : Wide.  Nostrils well open and finely pigmented.  Black, in animals with black, black and white or white coats.  In browns the nose is the same colour as the coat.  Never flesh-coloured.
Muzzle : Narrower at the nose than at its base.
Lips : Thick, especially in front.  Inner corner of lips not apparent.  Mucous membranes (roof of mouth, under the tongue and gums) with accentuated black pigmentation.
Jaws/Teeth : Jaws strong, neither over- nor undershot.  Teeth good, not apparent.  Canines strongly developed.
Eyes : Medium sized, set well apart and a bit obliquely, roundish and neither prominent nor sunken.  Brown or black in colour.  The eyelids, which are of fine texture, have black edges.  No haw.
Ears : Leather heart-shaped, thin in texture and set well above the line of eyes.  Except for the rear edge of the ear being slightly lifted off, the ears are held nicely against the head.  The tips should not reach below the throat line.

NECK : Straight, short, nicely rounded, muscled, carried high and free; springing cleanly from the shoulders.  No ruff, no dewlap.

BODY :
Withers : Wide and not prominent.
Back : Straight, short, broad, well muscled.
Loins : Short and nicely joined to the rump.
Croup : Well formed and only slightly inclined, with symmetrical hips hardly apparent.
Chest : Wide and deep, reaching down to the elbow.  Ribs long and well sprung providing great respiratory capacity.
Belly : Drawn up in a graceful line, of reduced volume.

TAIL : Not docked, thick at the base and tapering; medium set-on.  It should not reach down below the hock.  When the dog is attentive the tail should be held in a ring, the front of which should not reach beyond the medium line of the loin region.  The tail is of great help when swimming and diving.

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LIMBS
Position of legs : Vertical.  Slightly oblique pasterns and hocks are admissible.

FOREQUARTERS : Strong and straight.
Shoulders : Well inclined and very strongly muscled.
Upper arm : Strong and of medium length, parallel to the medial axis of the body.
Forearm : Long and strongly muscled.
Pastern joint (Carpus) : Heavy boned, broader seen from the front than from the side.
Pastern (Metacarpus) : Long and strong.
Forefeet : Round and flat.  Toes not much knuckled up and of medium length.  The interdigital membrane which extends over the whole length of the toes, is limp and well covered with long hair.  Black nails are preferred but white, brown and striped nails are also allowed according to the colour of the coat.  Nails do not quite touch the ground.  Central pad very hard, the others normally thick.

HINDQUARTERS : Straight and very strongly muscled.
Buttocks : Long and well rounded.
Thigh : Strong and of regular length.  Very strongly muscled.
Stifle : Parallel to the medial body plane.
Second thigh : Long and strongly muscled, parallel to the medial body plane.  Well inclined from front to rear.  All tendons and ligaments well developed.
Hock joint : Strong.
Hocks : Long.  No dew-claws.
Hind feet : Similar, in all respects, to the forefeet.

GAIT / MOVEMENT : Free movement.  Walking with short steps; a light rhythmical trot and an energetic gallop.

COAT

HAIR : The whole body is profusely covered with a resistant coat.  There is no undercoat.  There are two varieties of coat : wavy long hair and short curly hair.  In the first variety the long hair is rather soft with a slight lustre; in the second the shorter hair is dense, lustreless and forms compact cylindrical curls.  Except for the armpits and the groins, the hair covers the whole body evenly.  On the top of the head there is a topknot of wavy hair in the long-haired variety and of curly hair in the short-haired.  In the long-haired variety, the hair of the ears is decidedly longer.

COLOUR :Either self-colour or combinations.  Self-colours are black, white or brown in various shades of brown; combinations are black or brown with white.  A white coat does not imply albinism provided nose, mouth and eyelids are black.  In animals with black, white, or black and white coats the skin is slightly bluish.
It is a specific feature for this breed that as soon as the coat grows very long, the middle part and hindquarters of these dogs, as well as the muzzle and the tail are clipped.  At the end of the tail the hair is left at full length in the shape of a plume.


SIZE AND WEIGHT  :
Height at the withers :
Males :     between 50 - 57 cm the ideal size being 54 cm.
Females : between 43 - 52 cm, the ideal size being 46 cm.
Weight : For a male :    19 - 25 kg.
              For a female : 16 - 22 kg.

MEASURMENTS

                                                                       Males          Females

Head             Length of the skull                       12, 5 cm      11   cm

                     Width of skull                              11    cm       9,5 cm

                     Length of bridge of nose                9    cm       7    cm

Chest             Circumference                            61    cm       56   cm

                     Width of the chest                       15    cm       13   cm

                     Depth of the chest                       21    cm      18   cm

Topline           Length of the trunk                      45    cm       40   cm

                     Width of the trunk                       11, 5 cm      10   cm

Length           Of the body                                51    cm       45   cm

                     Of the tail                                   32    cm       27   cm

Height            At withers                                  54    cm       46   cm

                     From ground to elbow                  29    cm       25   cm

                     At the rump                                52    cm        46   cm

 

 

FAULTS : Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS :

  • Head : Very long, narrow, flat or pointed.
  • Nose : Flesh-coloured or discoloured, totally or partially.
  • Muzzle : Funnel-shaped or pointed.
  • Jaws : Over-or undershot bite.
  • Eyes : Wall eye, light coloured, different to each other in form or size, very sunken or very protruding.
  • Ears : Wrong setting, very big, very short or folded.
  • Tail : Docked, rudimentary or non-existent.  Heavy, droopy in action or carried upright.
  • Rear-pastern : Presence of dewclaws.
  • Coat : Different from the types described.  Albinism.
  • Size : Over- or undersize.
  • Deafness : Either inherited or acquired.

SCALE OF POINTS

                                                                       Males   Females

     Head : Carriage, skull, muzzle, bridge of nose,
   
  mouth, eyes, ears, nostrils.                              20           20
     Neck, withers, shoulders and forelegs              10           7
     Brisket, loins, upper and lower line of body      15           15
     Croup, pelvis, hind legs                                   10           13
     Feet, toes, nails                                              10           10
     Tail : Carriage, form and set-on                       5            5
     Coat and its texture, colour, density                 5            5
     General aspect, harmony of form, movement,
     height, sex characteristics                               25           25
                                                                        -----------------
                                                                         100         100

 

N.B. : Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

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In a generalized manner

Some remainder worked in exchange for on the portuguese fishings boat fish. Alert look and penetrating, excellent, optimal sight fiuto, a mediolineo type, very proporzionato, sturdy and much muscoloso.

Characteristics

The head massiccia and very proporzionata, with skull leggermente devout along of the snout. The sopracciliari arched ones are prominenti, the stop very pronounced. The ears, inserted over the line of the eyes, are very adherent capacities to the head. . Il wide and deep chest, lowered until the elbows; the wide garrese, the short back and the tilted rump a po' all.indietro. . Il abundant, strong hair, of type waved (along) or riccioluto (devout short), sheared in the posterior part of the body.

Ransom: ideal height of i males 54 cm (admitted from 5D to 57); females 46 cm (admitted from 43 to 52).

Colors: black, black brown white man and numerous tones or combinations of and white man or brown and white man.

TAIL: thick to the thin base and gradually devout, attacked high of too much not too much low, it does not arrive beyond the garretto.

Defects to avoid

. . Long, flat one and lengthened head much

. Snout to shape of funnel or too much to tip

. Depigmentato Tartufo rose carnicino or

. Clear, too much various eyes between they

. Large ears, too much too much small 0 roll up to you

. Spurs to the posterior limbs

. Various hair from the standard

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STANDARD

head strongly, wide and very proporzionata to its dimensions
Skull leggermente devout sight of profile along of the snout; obvious bombatura in the region occipita them, with pronounced crest occipita them. of forehead the parietal ones are bombati and introduce one light depression to met height. I furrow facade prolongeds longitudinally until two thirds party of the parietal ones; arched sopracciliari prominenti
Teeth of normal articulation, very it develops and strong the canines to you. sturdy jaws.
Eyes it distances to you between leggermente oblique they and, iride of brown or black color, eyelids broadsides of black. The not visible congiuntiva
snout thin towards the tartufo
Tartufo wide, narici opened and leggermente pigmented, the color of the tartufo never must be always correspondent to the color of the mantle and of clear color.
Orecchie attacked devout high of the line of the eyes, adherent capacities against the head, with the posterior edge leggermente detached. Thin, to heart shape; the tip does not have to exceed the edge of the throat
Neck Rounded off, short and straight. Much muscoloso
Body Not prominente and wide Garrese
Chest Very developed and strongly to level with the elbows. The long ribs and very rounded off to the belt, give optimal capacit a respiratory one
Back much muscoloso, short, wide and straight
Slanted conformed rump and, also symmetrical and leggermente hardly visible
Tied lumbar region to the short rump and
Abdomen elegant portamento. reduced volume
Cape The much common black, with spots white women or without, rare color the rarest brown and the white man. Hair much resistant and abundant, pu completely to be goffered or to be undulated. E' unprovided of sottopelo
CHEST STRAPS  
Ransom  
sailing point Much elegant one to slow sailing point. light to the energetic trot and to the gallop
Tail Large to the base, it is lost weight towards the tip. the length does not have to exceed the tip of the garretto. The tail, not cut, an aid the much precious for the dives and swim
Front limbs Appiombi front and posterior limbs is corrected; flessi are admitted metacarpi light and to metatarsi a po' slanted in ahead.

Front limbs Seen bachelor shoulders of profile and cross-sectionally very slanted and equipped to developed musculature a lot

Strong arm and of medium length; parallel to the median line of the body

Long forearm and much muscoloso
Carpo strongly developed skeleton, devout wide that of side

Long and strong Metacarpo
Round feet front and plates, long fingers not too much and little incurvate, membrane interdigita them that it arrives until the estremit of the fingers very supplied of hairs, preferibilmente black nails, but, to second of the color of the mantle, are admitted also nail white women, brown or streaked, they do not touch the ground. Bearing centers them hard and often, the others are of normal thickness.

Posterior limbs Rounded off and long buttock
Sturdy and muscolose thighs much of medium length
Grassella moves in parallel with the median plan of the body
Leg much long muscolosa and, always parallelto the median plan of the body. tilted from ahead to GO BACK TO LIST. it is the legamenti that the tendini are structured solidly.
Strong Garretto
Metatarsi long, without spurs
Identical posterior feet to the front ones
WEIGHT MALE FROM 19 KG To 25 KG
WEIGHT FEMALE FROM 16 KG To 22 KG
HEIGHT MALE FROM 50 CM To 70 CM (IDEAL HEIGHT 54 CM)
HEIGHT FEMALE FROM 43 CM To 52 CM (IDEAL HEIGHT 46 CM)
PRESUMED LIFE YEARS 12