Portuguese Water Dog

The Portuguese Water Dog is a well-proportioned, elegant and robust dog. The head is massive and well proportioned, the muzzle slightly shorter than the skull. The stop sign is well marked. The eyes are round, wide apart and oblique. The ears are small, attached below the line of the eyes and hanging. The limbs are long, straight, muscular and perfectly plump. The hair can be long and slightly wavy or short and curly with small narrow and flat curls. It has no undercoat. The most common is black, with or without white spots; brown is rarer, white even rarer.