PORTUGUESE WATER DOG

Portuguese Water Dog

GROOMING PROFILE

 Grooming Demand Rating

 Moderate

 Full Grooming Interval

 4 to 6 Weeks

 Maintenance Interval

Twice Weekly Minimum

BLADES & TOOLS

Slicker brush, pin brush, natural bristle brush, metal combs, scissors and matt comb.
 
AREA BLADE #
Strip down #7F or #5F
Short trim #4F
Body #30 and #1 comb
Pads

#15

Stomach #10

 

COAT & GROOM TIPS

Portuguese Water Dogs have an abundant coat with strong hair, and no undercoat. Technically there are two types of coat; curly or wavy. Though the pet does not have an undercoat subject to common matting problems associated with undercoats, there is still hair shed and tangling to be managed. Somewhat like the Poodle breed, owners of Portuguese Water Dogs will have to make some styling decisions as there are several ways to groom the full-coated dog. Of course, if an owner desires a show coat and style, there may be only one or possibly two proper ways to groom and style the dog for show. Grooming even the non-shown dog involves learning specific styling for this breed. On occasion you may see a Portuguese Water Dog with far less coat than breed standard; it's termed an "improper coat" and not suitable for showing. Otherwise the dog is considered to be breed normal and healthy.

There are styling variations for the PWD. We suggest you acquire a how-to guide using the resources below. There is a "quasi-Lion's cut" styling or the "quasi-Lamb" as shown in the illustration above.

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Books Dedicated to Portuguese Water Dog


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Multi-Breed Books

These books contain little or no breed specific grooming information. They do provide very good to excellent general breed information. Of course, having pictures of the breed is a great help when grooming the breed compared to having nothing else.


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Breed Standard Information

American Kennel Club - Breed Information

Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, Inc.

Portuguese Water Dog Info

Continental Kennel Club

CyberPet.com

DogBreedInfo.com

Grooming Information

Grooming the PWD by Wendy

Grooming the PWD by Terri

Continental Kennel Club - Portguese Water Dog

DogBreedInfo.com

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All-Breed Dog Grooming - All 160 Breed Dog Grooming by Isabelle Francis and Richard Davis