IRISH WATER SPANIEL

Proud

Intelligent

Loyal

Smart

Strongly built

Compact

Group	📌
Size	Large📌
Utilization	The Irish Water Spaniel can be easily adapted to suit most forms of shooting; he will hunt, often point, and retrieve readily from heavy cover. The construction and nature of the breed have traditionally made it the choice of the wildfowler
Appearance	Smart, upstanding, strongly built, compact or cobby.
🖍️Nicknames	IWS Whiptail Shannon Spaniel
Country of origin	Ireland
Lifespan, years	10 - 12
Height	53 cm - 61 cm
Weight	25 kg - 30 kg
Temperament	Proud, combining great intelligence and endurance with a bold and dashing eagerness of temperament, immense stamina and loyalty. A good family dog with a sense of humour but discerning with strangers.
History	The exact origins of the breed remain obscure. Generally, it is thought that Water Spaniels evolved from dogs that originated in Persia and came to Ireland via Spain. The first Irish reference to 'water dogs that pursue water fowl' dates from 1600, indicating that dogs with waterproof coats were used in Ireland even before the advent of the fowling piece.