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The Portuguese water dog
Suddenly a Portuguese dog’s breed, almost unknown, has become widely known internationally. This has happened when the US president Barack Obama has chosen to have in the White House a Portuguese water dog. In April 2009 Bo, probably the most internationally famous Portuguese water dog, was finally introduced to the world. He was a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy, who recently passed away and who had been breeding Portuguese water dogs for a long time. Since then, thanks to Bo, the attention and interest in this Portuguese dog breed has risen which is certainly great news.
It is believed that this breed was brought to the Iberian Peninsula in the year 409 AD by the Visigoths. Since then the Portuguese water dog has become a companion from the fishermen helping bringing the fishing nets and even transporting messages between boats. However the fishing technology developments brought difficult days to this breed and in 1981 the Portuguese water dog was so rare that was included in the Guinness World Book of Records has being the rarest breed in the world. Nevertheless, this might have not been the reason why it was chosen by the US president. The Portuguese water dog is friendly and cheerful always ready to play, in particular, with children.
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