📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Medium📌 |
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📊Utilization | Water dog used for hunting wildfowl. More than just a retriever; must search, locate, and flush out game hiding in water vegetation, then retrieve it |
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✨Appearance | Medium proportions, characterized by a thick, woolly coat that protects against cold and damp. The coat forms a beard on the chin. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Barbet French Water Spaniel |
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🌐Country of origin | France |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 14 |
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📏Height | 48 cm - 61 cm |
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⚖Weight | 16 kg - 29 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Even disposition, very attached to the owner, very sociable, loves water even when cold. |
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📜History | A very ancient breed, common throughout France, used for hunting waterfowl and mentioned in works as early as the 16th century. |
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