Portuguese water dog

A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in Portugal, having a thick coat and webbed feet and the ability to swim long distances.

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Portuguese water dog

(Breeds) a robust dog of a Portuguese breed that has a wavy coat, often with the hindquarters and tail clipped, and is an excellent swimmer and diver

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Translations

Cão de Água Portuguêsportugiesischer Wasserhund

Cão de Água PortuguêsPerro de Agua portugues

portugalinvesikoira

chien d'eau portugais

cane d'acqua portoghese

ポヂュギース・ウォーター・ドッグ

Portugalijos vandens šuoportugalų vandens šuo

Portugese waterhond

Cäo de Aquaportugisisk vannhund

portugalski pies dowodnyportugalski pies wodny

Cão d'água portuguêsCão de água português

câine de apă portughez

portugisisk vattenhund

Portekiz su köpeği

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4 PORTUGUESE water dog Bo (pictured) made himself at home at the White House with US President Barack Obama and his family.

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To that end, she had her contractor add a built-in banquette to the dining room (top); the seating area doubles as storage and a lookout perch for their Portuguese water dog, Charlie.

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An English springer spaniel, named Liz, won the sporting group; Charlie, won in the terrier group; and a Portuguese water dog, named Matisse, won in the working group on Tuesday evening.

Beagle named Miss P wins 139th Westminster dog show

NEW YORK -- True to his breed, Matisse the Portuguese water dog likes to play in the koi fish pond.

Portuguese water dog is the pooch to watch at Westminster, say some; another is Rocket

The black Portuguese Water Dog joins the first family's other four-legged friend of the same breed, Bo.

Obamas welcome new dog 'Sunny' to White House

The 27-year-old actress along with a picture the black-and-white Portuguese water dog and one of herself in a pink heart, wrote on her Twitter account that they can make fetch happen anytime Bo.

LiLo responds to White House 'Mean Girls' First Dog Bo joke

"A Day as A Portuguese Water Dog" speaks as Sigi pursues his dreams of being a Portuguese water dog.

The Adventures of Sigi

Ms Sylvia-Stasiewicz initially had no idea the Portuguese water dog that arrived at her Virginia home two years ago was destined for life at the White House.

Dawn Sylvia- Stasiewicz; obituary

10 Number of puppies I born in the litter that included Bo, the Obama family's new Portuguese water dog.

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That's because Hobbes is a Portuguese water dog, the breed recently chosen by Obama and his family.