📊Group | 📌 |
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📊Size | Medium📌 |
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📊Utilization | Hunting dog, water dog, traditionally otter hunting, guarding the yard |
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✨Appearance | Powerful, square build. Strong and compact without being heavy. |
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🖍️Nicknames | Frisian Water Dog Otterhoun |
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🌐Country of origin | The netherlands |
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⌛Lifespan, years | 12 - 14 |
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📏Height | 55 cm - 59 cm |
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⚖Weight | 25 kg - 35 kg |
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🌡Temperament | Self-willed, affectionate, watchful, initially reserved but not fearful. |
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📜History | Supposedly brought by gypsies and/or sailors from countries around the Baltic Sea. Used for hunting otters and other small predators, also pulling dog carts in the 19th and 20th century. Officially recognized in 1942. |
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