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French Water Dog/ Barbet
- French Water Dog (Barbet)
- Perro de agua francés
- Französischer Wasserhund
- National kennel clubs and breed clubs (see, e.g. Breeding/Health Strategy Documents, below)
- Population-level statistics (see, e.g., Swedish Insurance Data, below)
- Research articles
- Breed club surveys
- Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds. (NA)
- Documents in English and Swedish
- Breed specific Breeding Strategies (RAS)
- Health Surveys Information: Sweden
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Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
Breeding Recommendations - Finland: JTO (in Finnish)
- UK: Breed Watch
- CHIC: Health testing requirements
- Health survey - report and summary until 2016
- Exterior survey - report and summary until 2016
- Character survey - report and summary until 2016
A very ancient breed, common throughout France, used for hunting waterfowl and described or mentioned in several works as early as the 16th century. Medium proportions, medium size, characterized by a thick, woolly coat which guarantees efficient protection against cold and damp. The coat forms a beard (French barbe) on the chin, which gave the breed its name (Barbet). Even disposition, very attached to his master, very sociable, loving water even when very cold.
Source: FCI
Links to Breed Descriptions
Other Names for Breed
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Country of origin: France
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
Breed-Specific Articles
Information about the breed...
Documents available from The Swedish Barbet Club including a BREED COMPENDIUM Barbet 2007 by Kenneth Edh.
Also see the Swedish Barbet Club's documents in English and Swedish.
Breed Standards
There are numerous breed standards.
The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.
Three of the major international standards are:
Breed-Specific Statistics
1. Swedish Insurance Data
The Svenska Barbetklubben's website content is in available in multiple languages!
2. OFA: BARBET: Breed Summary Report
| BARBET | Evaluations through December 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registry | Rank | Evaluations | Abnormal | Normal | Carrier | Equivocal |
| ADVANCED CARDIAC | -- | 16 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| CARDIAC | -- | 44 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| D LOCUS | -- | 10 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY | -- | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| DENTITION DATABASE | -- | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| ELBOW | 81 | 188 | 3.7% | 96.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| EYES | 147 | 190 | 0.5% | 99.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| HIPS | 87 | 222 | 13.5% | 86.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| PATELLA | -- | 36 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| PROGRESSIVE RETINAL ATROPHY | -- | 19 | 0.0% | 73.7% | 26.3% | 0.0% |
| SHOULDER | -- | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| THYROID | 66 | 98 | 3.1% | 94.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% |
3. Finland: Database
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
Health Surveys
OFA: Barbet Health Survey and results (search Barbet)
Finland: Health Surveys Information (Finnish)
Sweden: Health Surveys Information: Sweden: Documents in English.
Breed-Specific DNA Tests:
Other Breed-Specific Webpages
Breed-Specific Research
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Finland: Barbet Finland ry
Netherlands: Barbetclub
Sweden: http://www.barbet.se/
UK: The Barbet Club of Great Britain
USA: Barbet Club of America
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