Ancient beginnings

Forgot to add thanks 2browndawgs for this n that Thursday

 

A new ancient beginning winner has been chosen. Please remember if you would like some spotlight on your poochie and to know a bit about his heritage (even if he is a mixed breed) enter a breed down below! Remember if your name didn’t hit the top of the list this week, just keep entering! The sooner I stop getting entries the sooner I must retire the badge!

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That’s right we are learning about the exotic (I can say that because I’m from Canada) Spanish Water dog submitted by none other then a very funny, and talented blogger friend Doggy’s Style who submitted the Spanish water dog on behalf of HIS (lol Leo) best bud who is one (and may also be a hyena as we learned in recent posts…….)

From his blog: “What made me open this blog was my furry beast called Doggy, I was going to write about the antics I would have to endure, turns out he’s well behaved and doesn’t give me a thing to write so I took over.” …”What you gonna read in here is randomness and typos, a lot of them, hope you enjoy them and don’t mind, I’m too old to change my ways. Thanks for passing by.”

Click on any of the gorgeous pictures of Doggy to skip over to his site!

I award Doggysstyle with this badge!

Now let’s learn about the breed…..

We begin as we often begin in our ancient dogs finding, having many theories as how the Spanish Water Dogs (SWD) came to be. Records that we do have suggest the breed has been around the main wetlands of the Iberian Peninsula since Ancient times.

In southern Spain it was believed the dogs came off  Turkish sheep boats, but has since been declared very unlikely. It is believed at this time the ancestors of the SSWD were here at this time and were split into three types of water dogs. One breed was smaller, lighter in colour, and has actually now veered off to become a new breed finally in 2011 called the Cantabrian water dog. The other group was also in Spain and know for having coats made of long and thin cords. The last group is noted as being the largest and strongest of all three.  Today, is is said that these three types are all the ancestors and what made the Spanish Water Dog what it is today. It is often believed to be closely linked to the Portuguese water dog!

The SWD was known as a all-around -dog with a strength in herding but would also help fishermen, taught to retrieve with hunters, and worked with farmers.

In about 1975, two SWD enthusiasts, Antonio García Pérez and Santiago Montesinos wanted to help the breed gain more popularity at least in its own country. (which explains to me the lack of old photos)

In 1980 with their help the Spanish Water  Dog was formed to help promote the breed.

in 1985, the SWD was accepted into the Spanish Kennel club

In 2012, the breed was accepted into the AKC in the miscellaneous group!

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Here’s a video showing just how truly remarkable and versatile this breed is:

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Hope you guys enjoyed. Enter for next week if you want. Also if you haven’t seen our giveaway, click below if you can spare a minute!

Giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!!

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