A true Midwesterner, the American
Water Spaniel first appeared around the Wolf and Fox River valleys of Wisconsin.
Not exact matches
Although the dog's exact place of origin is in dispute, it is widely believed to have
first appeared along the Wolf and Fox River valleys of Wisconsin, and was originally known as the Brown
Water Spaniel or the American Brown
Water Spaniel.
Pfiefer's own dog, «Curly Pfiefer», was the
first registered American
Water Spaniel.
Because of its excellent retrieving skills, the Irish
Water Spaniel was used as a hunting companion in England, Ireland, and the United States (it was
first brought to U.S. in 1870s).
In the mid-1800s, Lord Tweedmouth of Guisachan bought his
first yellow retriever, a male, whom he bred to a Tweed
Water Spaniel in hopes of developing an even better bird dog.
Among the
first breeds exhibited in dog shows, Irish
Water Spaniels were the third most popular sporting breed in England in 1875.
At
first glance the Irish
Water Spaniel might look like a brown Poodle with a whip tail, but don't let that curly coat, which is actually a double coat of crisp ringlets, fool you.
The breed is related to the Portuguese
Water Dog and Irish
Water Spaniel, and its
first job was to retrieve waterfowl.
Even when using a dryer on dogs with thick undercoats, such as some German Shepherds, Pomeranians, Golden Retrievers, Cocker
Spaniels and more, using a towel
first to remove some of the
water will speed the process.
Native to Britain, the breed we know today is attributed to the kennels of Lord Tweedmouth during the 1860's when he combined yellow flat coated dogs with Tweed
Water Spaniels and was
first exhibited in 1908.