About Our Dogs

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Girls

The boys

All of our portuguese Water Dogs are AKC registered and have DNA Profiles. They also have the recommended breed specific DNA Genetic marker health testing, as well as, OFA of the hips elbows and eyes. Additionally, they are examined by a Veterinary Opthalmologist for the OFA CAER screening.

We are AKC certified Bred with H.E.A.R.T breeders and are also approved Good Dog Breeds. We have OFA CHIC certification of our breeding dogs. You can learn about importance of CHIC certification and what it is by clicking on the OFA Logo below.

Whether getting a puppy from us or someone else we highly recommend checking to make sure both parents have had their breed specific DNA genetic health testing. One parent can be a carrier of a gene and never affect the offspring unless the other parent is a carrier or actually has the disease. This is why it is important to get DNA health testing to try as much as possible to ward off these diseases in the offspring.

Aptitudes

All of our dogs are great athletes, incredibly intelligent and above all have great temperatments. Morgan, Freeman and Storm are the great retrievers of the Frisbee’s on the fly, although, Jagger can catch them its not his bag of tea. However, put him on a coursing track he will pass them all.

Water works and dock diving is where Storm, Morgan, Maddie, and Jagger shine. Jagger takes after his dad when it comes to the sprinklers, pools, and lakes.

Storm shines when it comes to Rally and Agility and has a great temperament. Temperament is important. Jagger, Morgan, Storm and Maddie have been used as Therapy dogs at one point or another. Maddie lives in Nebraska with my daughter who is a Therapist and is used for Therapy and medical service dog.

Morgan

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Morgan comes from an excellent European blood line. She is a wavy with beautiful black silky hair and minimal white markings. As mentioned, she is exceptionally athletic, light on her feet and can turn on a dime. On the other hand, she is incredibly spirited and enthusiastic while at work, play or what ever life throws her way. She is Ms Personality and knows no strangers.

We have taken her on several nursing home visits preparing her for Therapy work. She loves going for car rides and has been a good mentor for our other pwds. Similarly, Morgan is loyal, protective and loves to please her human companions. Her focus for AKC is obedience, good citizenship, and Therapy. She would be exceptional for Agility, but we are not that agile.

freeman

There was never a doubt that we would get a second pwd. When Morgan turned a year old we packed her up and set off cross country to claim Freeman our next family addition. Incidentally, he is a wavy black with white markings also coming from an excellent European bloodline of champions.

Not with standing, is his extreme intelligence, besides his athleticism. Like a detective, he will search, find and lead Morgan to her lost Frisbee long before dreading the thought of sharing his.

Like Morgan, Freeman is an excellent guard dog very loyal, loving and protecting of both his puppies and human family. Even though he will tolerate social outings, his forte is the water. Living up to the water dog breed, he loves the water. In particular, he loves dock diving and underwater retrieving. .

When he is outside he is all about business and doing a job. We will continue obedience training and crowd acclimation while moving him towards water trials events.

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Storm

Storm would be considered a curly brown, and also an import like Morgan. Likewise, she comes from an excellent European bloodline of champions. Accordingly, the day we picked her up at Detroit Metro Airport, we found ourselves dodging severe storms, hence her name. Anyways, like Morgan and Freeman, she lives up to the athleticism and intelligence known to this breed.

In terms of personality and temperaments, hers lays somewhere between Morgan and Freeman. She loves to play and Jagger is her best playmate. Storm is extremely loyal and is always at our feet and she believes she is a lap dog. She is an excellent retriever but hasn’t quite conquered the skill of catching the Frisbee on the fly yet. Her focus in AKC future will we water trials.

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JaGGer

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Jagger aka Jibbing in the eye of the Storm is a wavy black with minimal white makings. He is a puppy we chose to keep out of Morgans and Freeman’s litter. He has excellent conformation and temperament. Jagger is a bit of a social lite like his mother. He is athletic like the rest and reminds us of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh. What do Tiggers do best – why bounce of course.

In terms of personality and temperaments, he is his own dog and all together different from the rest. He has an excellent personality and temperament like his mom and knows no stranger. On the other hand he is the one who likes to clown around. He bounces across the yard like Tigger in Winnie the Pooh. However, very athletic, as well.