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Bo Obama- A Portuguese Water Dog

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Bo Obama- A Portuguese Water Dog

A new member in white house Bo Obama is a six month old Portuguese water dog. He is very fond of eating tomatoes. The breed Portuguese water dog is popularly known as PWD. It is a water spaniel breed of hunting dog. They were earlier used at coastal area of Portugal by fishers for the fishing purposes. They also dived into the sea to recollect broken nets which fell into the sea and also to search for the other submerged objects. They also alerted the nearby boats about the foggy condition by their loud bark. In Portugal they are also known as ?Portugal fishing dog?.

Bo Obama – The First Dog of the USA

Portuguese water dogs are of two popular kinds. One is wavy haired and the other one is curly coated, whereas some have both kinds of hair. They are in color of black, black-white, brown and silver-tipped but usually are in black and brown colors. They are of medium size with height of male Portuguese water dogs ranging from 20 to 23 inches and weight from 40 to 60 pounds. While the female breeds? height ranges from 19 to 21 inches and weight from 35 to 50 pounds.

Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese water dogs are playful, obedient, intelligent and easy to train happy dogs with great swimming abilities. They have multi octave voice and bark loudly. They have a peculiar kind of voice. They normally remain calm but show their desires through voice. They are intelligent dogs and use their voice to convey signals to their masters, for example, they use their loud voice to alarm the masters for telephone ring. They have great amount of energy and can adjust to any kind of lifestyle.

A Portuguese Water Dog Puppies

Portuguese water dogs have single coated layer which is susceptible to cause allergies. They are very fond of chewing things. So you should have lots of chewable things in your house. They are very famous as family dogs because they are easy to handle. It is always advisable to check whether they cause any allergy to its buyers or not.