{"topic_id":"companion_breed_standard_spanish_water_dog_dog","category":"companion-breed-standard","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_breed_standard_spanish_water_dog_dog\ncategory: companion-breed-standard\ntitle: \"Spanish Water Dog — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"AKC/FCI breed-standard derived fact summary (paraphrased per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3; numbers and proper nouns preserved).\nsource_file: pdf-raw/breed-standard/spanish_water_dog_combined.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-02\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 9\n  passed: 9\n  date: 2026-08-05\nrecovered: false\npath: companion-breed-standard/companion_breed_standard_spanish_water_dog_dog/01_companion_breed_standard_spanish_water_dog_dog.md\nsource_document: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"AKC (American Kennel Club) & FCI (Fédération Cynologique Internationale)\"\n  title: \"Spanish Water Dog — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\"\n  url: \"https://www.akc.org\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-02\"\n  ref: \"Official breed standards (factual data points + section outline extracted verbatim)\"\n  doc_type: \"official kennel-club breed standards\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC/FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Sources (AKC/FCI breed-standard texts) are not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY § 3 every claim is a paraphrased derived fact summary (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not a verbatim quotation.\"\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:kennel-club-breed-standard\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-05\n---\n\n# Spanish Water Dog — breed standard (AKC & FCI: size, coat, temperament, type)\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The breed's country of origin is Spain.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* FCI assigns the dog to Group 8, which covers retrievers, flushing dogs and water dogs, and specifically to Section 3 (Water Dogs), where a working trial is optional.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Its traditional working roles, per FCI, are as a herding dog, a hunter's companion, and a helper to fishermen.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* AKC height at the withers is 17½ to 19¾ inches for dogs and 15¾ to 18 inches for bitches; FCI gives 44 to 50 cm for males and 40 to 46 cm for females.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Bodyweight per FCI is 18 to 22 kg for males and 14 to 18 kg for females, kept in proportion to height.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is a single layer, continuously curly, with a woolly feel, and the dog must be shown in its natural state with no aesthetic clipping; left long it forms thin cords.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Accepted coat colours are solid black, brown, beige or white, plus Irish-marked or parti-colour patterns that include white; FCI additionally lists bicolour white-and-black or white-and-brown.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The temperament is loyal, obedient, lively, hard-working and watchful, with strong intelligence and trainability, a protective nature, and natural caution around strangers while affectionate at home.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifying faults include tricolour, tan-point or parti-colour without white, albino, and a smooth or wavy coat; 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