Spanish Water Dog

Have you ever heard of a Spanish Water Dog? Or wondered what its like to live with a Spanish Water Dog?

The SWD has genetic ties and similar appearance to other water breeds like the Portuguese Water Dogs, French Barbet and the Irish Water Spaniel.

Learn all about the Spanish Water Dog or Perro de agua español from the UK’s most successful breeder and someone who learned all he knows about the breed from experts in Spain.

The breed is non-molting, hypoallergenic with hair growing in cords, and if you stick to Spainish traditions is only trimmed once a year. They are fantastically versatile and hardy breed used for water retrieving and are exceptional workers. As well as used by Spanish fishermen, they are used as guard dogs and sheepdogs.

Nigel’s kennel Valentisimo made history when ‘Castro’ was the first Spanish Water Dog to win a group at a general championship show (Windsor) on the way to another historic moment for the breed – finishing the year Top Gundog in 2014. Valentisimo’s Castro, glittering career sadly ended after he was found dead shortly after escaping from a kennel in Spain.