IRISH WATER SPANIEL
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The Irish Water Spaniel is the greatest and one of the oldest races of dog spaniel. Also, she is one of rarest, being well-known, sometimes, like the “clown” of spaniels.
Although the present specifications of the race come from Ireland, the last origin of the race is not known. It is possible that more than one of the old races of spaniels they are involved in his origin.
Knowledge of the races is not had, from which the Irish Water Spaniel was developed, because that is considered the father of this one, Justin McCarthy de Dublin, did not leave registries of it.
All a great variety of dogs has been suggested could have been including in its development, among others: the Portuguese water Poodle, Dog and the Barbet, but their true predecessors or the mixtures that gave rise to the Irish Water Spaniel are object of an ample speculation.
The unique thing that is clear is that this race owns an old lineage. In the same way, one knows that the present race was developed in Ireland in the decade of 1830.
