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  2. Portuguese Water Dog - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese Water Dog originated from the Algarve region of Portugal. From there the breed expanded to all around Portugal's coast, where they were taught to herd fish into fishermen's nets, retrieve lost tackle or broken nets, and act as couriers from ship to ship, or ship to shore. [ 1] Portuguese Water Dogs rode in fishing trawlers as ...

  3. St. John's water dog - Wikipedia

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    The St. John's water dog, also known as the St. John's dog or the lesser Newfoundland, is an extinct landrace of domestic dog from Newfoundland. Little is known of the types that went into its genetic makeup, although it was probably a random-bred mix of old English, Irish and Portuguese working dogs. [ 2]

  4. Sunny (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Owner. Obama family. Appearance. Black. Named after. Personality. Sunny (born June 11, 2012) is a pet dog of the Obama family, the 44th presidential family of the United States. Sunny is a female Portuguese Water Dog who was a First Dog of the United States along with Bo. [ 1] Sunny was introduced via First Lady Michelle Obama 's Twitter ...

  5. Portuguese Pointer - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese Pointer is a dog of medium proportions. The height at the withers is 48–56 cm (19–22 in). The weight is 18–27 kg (40–60 lb) for males, and 16–25 kg (35–55 lb) for females. When being evaluated at a conformation show, dogs judged for conformation that benefits working ability, with deviations from the standard ...

  6. Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, Soren Larsen wrote a book claiming that a joint Danish-Portuguese expedition landed in Newfoundland or Labrador in 1473 and again in 1476. Larsen claimed that Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst served as captains, while João Vaz Corte-Real and the possibly mythical John Scolvus served as navigators, accompanied by Álvaro Martins. [143]

  7. Water dog - Wikipedia

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    A Portuguese Water Dog with its coat clipped in the classic water dog clip. Water dogs are usually medium-sized, active dogs; their most distinctive feature are their tight waterproof coats and their strong desire to swim. Traditionally many long haired water dogs breeds have their coats clipped with a bare midriff and hindquarters to assist in ...

  8. Category:Water dogs - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Water dogs" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Portuguese Water Dog; S. Spanish Water Dog; T. Tweed Water Spaniel; W.

  9. List of incidents of cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Of the expedition's 93 men, 37 were killed by the Tuaregs, who also seized over 200 camels. The 56 survivors, including four Frenchmen, began a 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) retreat by foot to Ouargla with little food or water. Continuously stalked by the Tuaregs, they resorted to cannibalism on the long retreat through the desert.

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