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- 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
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This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.
Portuguese Water Dog: 2006-2011 2011-2016 - The Kennel Club, UK: Breed Watch (Category 1)
- Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary
- Finland: Jalostuksen tavoiteohjelma 2020- 2024 Portugalinvesikoira
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US:
Portuguese Water Dog health Foundation
Guide to Genetic Tests
How simple recessive genetics applies to Portuguese Water Dog gene test results
" Genetic testing provides the breeder knowledge of the carrier status of breeding dogs, and enables using all potential breeding dogs equally, regardless of their status, in order to maintain genetic diversity in the Portuguese Water Dog gene pool. "
- https://www.pwdfoundation.org/research/guide-genetic-tests/
- https://www.pwdca.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=8889&pk_association_webpage=18506
- PDF: https://s3.amazonaws.com/amo_hub_content/Association1696/files/Health/PWDCA-Health-Testing-Recommendations-202005.pdf
Portuguese Water Dogs are originally from the Portuguese region of the Algarve, from where the breed expanded to all around Portugal's coast, where they were taught to herd fish into fishermen's nets, to retrieve lost tackle or broken nets, and to act as couriers from ship to ship, or ship to shore.
Links to Breed Descriptions
Internal: pwdca-illustrated-breed-standard2.pdf
Other Names for Breed
Portugisisk vattenhund
Cão de agua português
Chien d'eau portugais
Perro de agua portugués
Portugiesischer Wasserhund
Country of Origin and Parent Breed Club
Country of origin: Portugal
Portuguese Kennel Club: https://www.cpc.pt/racas/racas-portuguesas/cao-agua-portugues/
Health and Well-Being
Some sources of health information include:
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 Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds.
2. Finland: FKC Database: https://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmEtusivu.aspx?R=37
Breeding/Health Strategy Documents
Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:
PWDCA Recommended Health Tests
Portuguese Water Dog Club of Canada Recommended Health Tests
Breed-Specific DNA Tests
Breed Clubs
We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.
Finland: Vesikoirat ry: https://www.vesikoirat.fi/
Sweden: Rasklubben för Portugisisk Vattenhund : http://www.portugisisk-vattenhund.se/
US: Portuguese Water Dog Club of America: https://www.pwdca.org/site_home.cfm
Canada: Portuguese Water Dog Club of Canada: https://pwdcc.org/
UK: Portuguese Water Dog Club of Great Britain: https://www.portuguesewaterdogs.org.uk/
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